Umm, do you remember what Biden said about the crisis that was gonna happen (be made to happen)? Well guess what this is. How about a dumbass idea like picking a fight with China!
His approval numbers are falling. What better way to reverse that trend than start a skirmish. Wag the dog. Isn’t that what they called it during the Clinton years?
You said — “How about a dumbass idea like picking a fight with China!”
I think it happened with Bush, too. Didn’t the Chinese cut up one of our planes and send it back to us in pieces? ... LOL...
He wasn't prophetic in any way, just a realism. Test the new kid and see where his stones are. Nothing new there, just always seems tense when it is nations playing with really big sticks.
As for it being a stupid idea to pick a fight with China, my opinion is that it would be a much more problematic matter should we back down, or in fact not force them to back down.
I know they have a billion people so they have a huge army, but they are stuck there so that is useless right now. They have missles, we have more with bigger firecrackers on top. They own a huge chunk of our debt, we own a huge chunk of their employment potential, blah blah blah.
China is a third world country, giving them the respect of a mighty military or economic power aids and abets them. Mao's group won't last long if they can't export lead filled kids toys to the west and maintain at least an 8% annual growth rate...
I hate to seem to be defending obama, BUT, it's CHINA that's picking a fight with US!