[neutronsgalore]

"But more likely the Bush administration is near the end of its rope with China, which now looms as a new "peer competitor," against which the United States will have to devise a new Western Pacific strategy."

I'll believe that when GW pushes for formal recognition of Taiwan as a sovereign nation and establishes full diplomatic ties.

[CrawDaddyCA]

I'm currently on a dive boat in the Gulf of Mexico, and since there's not much else to do aboard, I'm re-reading Jeff Head's 'Dragon's Fury' series. It is almost frightening how accurate Jeff's vision is concerning China and the Middle East.

World War III is coming, and it will be war on a scale we can't even imagine.

[Thunder90]

Watch out for the Russians. They want a piece of the action against us.

[DeweyCA]

It's about time that Bush woke up to the threat from China. I don't like the fact that Zoellick has been on the Board of Directors of the World Wildlife Fund. They are another of those fuzzy-thinking environmental groups. We need some clear thinking realists to see the real threats.

[Malesherbes]

The United States did more than any other country to promote the rise of Red China from an economic backwater to a major power. We bought their goods in massive quantities, supplied them with technology, promoted their membership in international trade organizations - all the while pretending that all the Chinese companies owned by "The Peoples' Liberation Army" were in fact capitalist entities.

We brought the problem on ourselves and now we are stuck with it. Our best allies in the 21st century will be Japan and India, both of which are threatened by China.

[Paperdoll]

Hark! Hark! Dost thou tell me the apple hast fallen far from the tree?

[bvw]

We have to allow that this is simple tactics in time of war.

[Travis McGee]

bttt

[Paul Ross]

This article bears re-review.

Although Robert Zoellick (who was supposedly going to toughen things up in this article) just absconded to Goldman Sachs on June 16th, less than two months ago...from what I have seen the Panda-Hugging he did and of the phoney Realists in Foggy Bottom continues unabated...

[Thunder90]

We are finally waking up to the threat that the Russian/Chinese Axis poses to us.