China's military build up the last 15 years has been deadly serious.
Their army, air force, navy, and special forces are large, well equipped, vastly trained, and technologically advanced.
And the Chinese themselves are deadly serious.
Yet we even now, are continuing to run a MASSIVE trade deficit with China.
Continuously now, for decades.
I think our CIA should foment a civilian uprising.
That and help the Three Gorges dam have a catastrophic failure.
China Now Floats World's Largest Navy: Should the U.S. Be Very Afraid?
I will readily grant that, as has been said in the past, quantity provides a quality all of its own. And we have given them the resources in the form of American currency to achieve that quantity.
And, to be sure, our Navy does have significant problems of its own, as Bill Whittle is careful to point out in this video. But Bill Whittle provides a counterpoint that is valid as well.
The Communist Chinese may indeed make a grave mistake for the world and follow in the footsteps of the Japanese in 1931. But if they do, that won't mean all is lost.
America and the Free World are not invincible.
But neither are the Communist Chinese.
And if it cant leave the coast what good is it? Resupply is something they lack.
Taiwan/Guam are a feint.
“And the Chinese themselves are deadly serious. “
Some grain market traders are asking questions about why China ia making large purchases of American grain.
Are they planning something that wlll prevent them from grain buys in the future?