“As for Australia, that would seem a likely target in Empire building, which an financial meltdown of the U.S. could make more attractive to the Chinese.”
China is our biggest export client and has already thrown a tantrum because we didn’t permit them to buy our biggest iron ore company. There’s no doubt whatsoever they have their eye on us, and being an ally or the US is all that’s keeping them at bay.
“Ought to make a people seek the Lord,”
...when it comes to China I’d rather seek a nuclear arsenal.
Thanks for the confirmation.
"Ought to make a people seek the Lord,”
I....when it comes to China I’d rather seek a nuclear arsenal.
The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive for a nation, but the preeminence of the Lord recognizes that ultimately all the armaments in the world will not help if one places their chief trust in them, rather than an omnipotent creature. And as the Bible promotes a right view of man, that contrary to the ethos of liberals, they are prone to sin by nature, and thus moral laws, and discipline of children and even wars are sometimes necessary, then the more a nation is influenced by the Bible then they will usually support a strong national defense as needed, as is evidenced overall in the U.S.
Of course, rightly understood, then would also recognize that it is not within the charter of the church to use the sword of men, but to support the just use of it by the powers that be. (Rm. 13:1-5; 1Cor. 5:12,13; 2Cor. 6:1-10; 10:4-6; 1Pet. 2:13,14)