lol. No harm no foul. I am used to taking a LOT of heat on some of the daily “China is taking over the world tomorrow” threads.
I’m the contrarian on those threads, as I subscribe to the “million man swim” limitation theory of China’s lack of force projection in naval and air superiority.
Yes they have a huge army, and yes they have made lots of technical progress (By hook or by crook)...and even we have done our best to cede our leads in various bungles here and there.
But China’s scale has massive vulnerabilities as well. They are just as human as we are, and they are constrained by an even worse government than our own, if you can imagine that!
Tragedies like this are a big reminder that choices made by our forefathers matter a great deal today, and we’re more lucky than most around the world for who was making the decisions in America’s past.
I think I'd take your side re Chinese force projection. Under the well crafted facade of unity the PRC tries to sell China is a major basket case.