Posted on 09/08/2020 7:45:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
“China is land locked.”
No, it’s not: It has 9,000 miles of coastline.
“They have to rely on ocean travel to go attack anyone.”
No, they don’t. China has direct land access to: South Korea (via North Korea); Russia; Mongolia; the “’Stans” to the west; India; Nepal; Myanmar; Laos; Vietnam. But to attack anything to the east they’d need a hell of a lot of fleets.
RE: . Also consider that Japan (no slouch economically) is increasing their defense spending and capability in response to the threat of China.
And don’t forget India, which is overtaking China population wise and is beefing up her military because of a border dispute with China that threatens to escalate if cooler heads do not prevail.
Then there’s Vietnam, which has a dispute with China for control over islands in the South China sea, which China has continually provoked. They had a war with China just 3 decades ago and anticipate another one.
And Australia is beefing up her military in suspicion of China as well after the Covid-19 crisis and China’s takeover of Hongkong.
Of course, Taiwan has always been prepared for a CCP invasion.
Based upon the comments I see FR still has plenty of China bootlickers.
Military folks who have been retired for 25 years who don’t know squat about the modern Chinese military.
Our own pentagon said China is 25 years ahead of us in AI weapons development and spends 30 times what we do in this area.
> “Quantity has a Quality all of its own.” <
Yes, indeed. Hitler had the quality. Stalin had the quantity. Moscow never fell. But Berlin did.
...............and, if an OOD (Officer of the Deck) ran one of the ChiCom’s beautiful new destroyers into a freighter, the OOD and the TOC and probably all officers on the ship would have been summarily shot.
I think the woman OOD and the woman TOC (Tactical Operations Commander) (on the US ship) in the Fitzgerald incident got “a letter of censure” put in their file. To our PC Navy’s way of thinking these days, or the Nancy Pelosi way, “a letter” in her file covered the 1.8 billion dollar Warship and the dead sailors.
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Jun 20, 2018 · Look it up: The OOD was Sarah Coppock, Tactical Action Officer was Natalie Combs. . . . When I noticed last year that they were doing all they could to keep the OOD’s name out of the headlines, I speculated to my son that it was a she. Turns out all the key people (except one officer in the CIC) were female!
“We need to stop feeding them, and maintain our advantages in order to deter them. The CCP will fail from within if we take away their economy.”
Very true.
In retrospect, one of the stupidest moves in recent history was welcoming China into the WTO.
I have said it on several threads before, but I truly believe Trump will forge a real military alliance with teeth in Asia in his second term.
In one fell stroke he may counter China’s militaristic behavior even as he continues to withdraw the US from China’s economy.
Seriously. You really think the soviet union’s numbers over quality was a good/winning strategy? Please explain.
...............and, if an OOD (Officer of the Deck) ran one of the ChiCom’s beautiful new destroyers into a freighter, the OOD and the TOC and probably all officers on the ship would have been summarily shot.
I think the woman OOD and the woman TOC (Tactical Operations Commander) (on the US ship) in the Fitzgerald incident got “a letter of censure” put in their file. To our PC Navy’s way of thinking these days, or the Nancy Pelosi way, “a letter” in her file covered the 1.8 billion dollar Warship and the dead sailors.
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Jun 20, 2018 · Look it up: The OOD was Sarah Coppock, Tactical Action Officer was Natalie Combs. . . . When I noticed last year that they were doing all they could to keep the OOD’s name out of the headlines, I speculated to my son that it was a she. Turns out all the key people (except one officer in the CIC) were female!
wow! I didn’t know they were females... pathetic what our military has become.
Because it worked.
The USSR destroyed most of the Wehrmacht and reached Berlin before we got anywhere close.
They took huge casualties doing so, but so what?
“Hitler had the quality. Stalin had the quantity. Moscow never fell. But Berlin did.”
That’s because the paper-hanging corporal thought Germany was invincible, and greatly over-extended. Hitler’s biggest mistake in WWII was attacking the Soviet Union when he did; had he kept the pressure on Britain he likely would have only had to face a one-front war later against USSR, as Britain would probably have sought terms. Hell, the outnumbered Finns bloodied the Soviets quite effectively. Hitler’s generals advised against invading the USSR in 1941, especially in June, 1941; they projected 1943 at the earliest.
Here’s the Pentagon Report the author is referencing
If you believe that, you’re an idiot. Those of us whom have served know all the little tricks the military industrial establishment use, including the exaggerated claims of our enemies competence and the incredible quality of their actually crap military hardware. Go back to the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, etc...etc... And you’ll find the same pattern of US military leaders claiming our enemy’s military is so much more advanced and capable as the US military. It was not true then and it’s not true now. The Gens and Admrls just want more money to spend as that translates to more money to retire with. Also remember the flag officers are almost all Obama appointees, not only should they not be listened too, they should all be fired by the President as they’re not to be trusted ever.
Not if Biden gets elected.
Hunter Biden's business partnership w/ a Chinese investment firm funded by the Chinese Communist government started acquiring companies beneficial to the Chinese military..... they invested in China General Nuclear, records, financial documents, legal briefings, and court papers.” which ended up being charged by our FBI for stealing US nuclear secrets then ended up buying part of an American duel use technology company, meaning it produces technology that has civilian and military applications.......buying that for the benefit of the Chinese military.”
The Biden Relationship with China ‘Has Very Real National Security Implications.’
Hunter Biden’s deals ‘served’ China and the Chinese military, while Joe Biden was Obama's VP.
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The entire Biden family was involved in undermining the safety and security of Americans while Joe Biden was Obama's VP.
<><> Joe’s brother, James Biden, freely revealed his associations to the NYT; James talked without fear.
<><> indicates that the Biden family had protection from a VERY HIGH SOURCE.........
BACKSTORY In December 2016, the FBI busted a China General nuclear engineer, Szuhsiung “Allen” Ho, for conspiring to help China illegally obtain “sensitive nuclear technology” from within the US.........
After Chi Ping Ho got nailed, an executive with CEFC China Energy Co., was busted by the FBI in 2017 for bribing officials in Africa, ........“one of the CEFC China Energy Co.’s exec first calls” was to James Biden, Joe Biden’s brother.
Last year, James Biden told The New York Times....(without fear)......that he believed China Energy Co.’s exec(later convicted) had been trying to reach Hunter and that, he, James Biden, provided his nephew’s contact information.
Hitler made the same mistake Napoleon made. H tried to fight a two front war. Also Hitler had not the natural resources germany needed to fight a war on that scale. Hitler was not a genius of any kind, he was simply a murderous POS that was able to take advantage of the typical eurotrash belief in appeasement.
This articel is so full of lies that I assumed the reason is item 1.
“Quantity has a quality all its own.” - Joseph Stalin
The quantity over quality thing played a big part in the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. The Soviets were mass-producing thousands of T-34 tanks while the Germans were fussing around with their over-engineered Tiger tank.
But yes, you are correct about the leadership thing. Hitler interfered with his generals more and more as the war went in. On the other hand, Stalin wised up and let his generals run most things.
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