Posted on 02/23/2021 5:43:42 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
“Also, Kissenger has proven to be a disastrous idiot - name one thing he did that worked. China turned out to be a knife in our back.”
Disagree.
Nixon/Kissenger China was a good move.
The old cliche is’Nothing more dangerous than one with nothing to lose.
Did it help advance China, yes; no question.
But China did not ramp up for another 15-20 years if you accept the numbers out of China.
China holds a knife, alright.
But it took many years to acquire.
It was the Germans who sold the Israelis their Type 212 air independent propulsion (silent-as-nuclear) Dolphin-class submarines. And the Israelis put nuclear-tipped cruise missiles in them. And they have the range to reach Tehran from the Mediterranean sea. And because the subs are so stealthy, the Israelis can nuke Tehran any time they feel like it and there isn’t much the Iranians can do to prevent it.
So if this is a Quid Pro Quo for the stealthy AIP subs, I’d say the Israelis got the better end of the bargain.
No, it wasn’t. Even with Nixon, the Chinese continued to funnel weapons to our enemies and stayed within the Soviet orbit. They even ran guns to American criminals and gangs in the 80s and 90s. They took our money and made us goods, but we didn’t get much of anything else out of it.
Yeah and from what I understand the Krauts are too upset by it either.
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