[Captain Rhino]

This buildup doesn’t brother the Democratic leadership...for the moment. It would only bother someone concerned about the fate of a free Taiwan (and our other allies and friends in eastern Asia) and they are not. It will only bother them when there is a huge blue water PLAN fleet (built with U.S. consumer money) and it is too late to effectively counter it.

(Actually, it is already too late. The old Soviet maxim about the capitalists selling them the rope they are hanged with may, in fact, come true. Enjoy your electronic gizmos and toasters!)

[Jacquerie]

The optimum period for China to press their goals in Taiwan will be when the rats control the presidency and congress. When the time comes, I predict we’ll fold.