Posted on 03/05/2025 9:19:38 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Do you think that defending Ukraine is the existential battle for freedom in our lifetime?
I don't. Not that I want Vlad the Mad Putin to take over Ukraine, but the US faces much bigger problems than getting involved in a territorial dispute in a country with which we have almost no shared interests.
China says it is ready for 'any type of war' with US https://t.co/z77ig3L6y2— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 5, 2025
For over twenty years, presidents have talked about the "pivot to Asia" in US foreign policy, and for over 20 years that pivot never happened.
The reason for all that talk is simple: most of the action in the world economy touches Asia in some way, yet the region is not especially stable politically and militarily. China is an expansionist power, Russia is a player in the Pacific as well as Europe, and territorial disputes are more common there and much more important than in Europe.
China and the Philippines are in a lukewarm war over territorial disputes, and China's ambitions to retake Taiwan are coming to a head.
And now China declares that it is ready for war with the United States.
We all saw this coming. As the US economy became ever more intertwined with China, the Chinese ambition and capability to exercise economic and military power has grown even faster.
China has warned the US it is ready to fight "any type" of war after hitting back against President Donald Trump's mounting trade tariffs.
The world's top two economies have edged closer to a trade war after Trump slapped more tariffs on all Chinese goods. China quickly retaliated imposing 10-15% tariffs on US farm products.
"If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we're ready to fight till the end," China's embassy said on X, reposting a line from a government statement on Tuesday.
It is some of the strongest rhetoric so far from China since Trump became president and comes as leaders gathered in Beijing for the annual National People's Congress.
I don't expect hostilities to break out tomorrow, although the trade war is heating up already. But China has been expanding its military at an alarming rate, with the world's largest (but not most powerful) Navy, an anti-access area-denial umbrella of ballistic missiles, an increasingly capable air force, and bellicose policies against its neighbors.
China issued a stark warning Tuesday night that it stands ready for any "type of war" with the U.S. in the aftermath of tariffs imposed hours earlier by the Trump administration.
Read more: https://t.co/VV0Bt09T9y pic.twitter.com/AYMhH10jHR— ABC News (@ABC) March 5, 2025
War games have been worrying our military leaders, showing devastating losses for Americans in any conflict should it occur. As the US has had trouble remaking our military from one focused on small conflicts against ragtag terrorists to one ready to take on near-peer adversaries, China has been laser focused on building capabilities to take advantage of our long supply lines and reliance on carriers and fixed air bases to project power in the region.
"Intimidation does not scare us. Bullying does not work on us. Pressuring, coercion or threats are not the right way of dealing with China," he added.The US-China relationship is always one of the most contentious in the world. This post on X has been widely shared and could be used by the China hawks in Trump's cabinet as evidence that Beijing is Washington's biggest foreign policy and economic threat.
Officials in Beijing had been hopeful that US–China relations under Trump could get off to a more cordial start after he invited Xi to his inauguration. Trump also said the two leaders had "a great phone call" just a few days before he entered the White House.
There were reports that the two leaders were due to have another call last month. That did not happen.
Both the United States and China have many reasons to avoid a costly conflict, but the same was even more true before World War I in Europe.
And the point of military power more often than not is to deter wars, not win them. Which is why a global power like the United States must maintain overwhelming military might. Even a Chinese military that may look on paper somewhat weaker than the United States could defeat us in a conflict because we cannot commit all our forces to one theater. We have forces based around the world; China can focus all its efforts in one limited region and gain superiority where it counts.
China Ramping Up Their Military Budget Signals a New Era of Global Power Plays
https://t.co/gM2Z1wqPs0— RedState (@RedState) March 5, 2025
This, more than even the humanitarian and fiscal incentives to end the Ukraine war, justifies Trump's hardball tactics in Europe. Our main adversary is China, and Xi Jinping is laying down the gauntlet.
Xi, it is said, wants to get Taiwan back before he exits the political scene. I can't see into his head to know that this is true, but if so war of some kind is inevitable.
And Xi is signaling he is ready.
Chicoms going North Korea Krazy.
Can Trump bring them down?
Always remember, don’t fly the Wang Wei!
Seize and resell every square inch of Chinese owned property in the US if that happens. Ask the Germans what happened to their US properties in both World Wars.
Let her rip! My Dad was a Navy Media who treated Marines in Korea 52-53 and he talked about the stories they told him about the human waves of Chinese...and bugles they blew when they attacked..
This reads as some drama queen dooms day blogger trying to scare the sheeple.
I hope I’m correct.
My wife's grandfather came to the United States and joined the army and served during the Spanish American war and Beyond. After he left the Army he married an American woman and became a schoolteacher. The family moved to a small town in Oregon.
In the run-up to WWI anti-German sentiment was fueled by propaganda that was encouraged by the Wilson administration. Her grandfather was fired from his job. The kids were beaten up at school and had rocks thrown at them. The family's house was burned down in the middle of the winter and they were run out of town. My wife's mother was born in 2014; there were six children in total. All of them nearly died from starvation and exposure.
Her grandfather hadn't allowed German to be spoken in the house even before this bad experience. They moved North to Washington when they were able where relatives were able to give them support. When WWI ended her grandfather was able to get a teaching job again. He advanced to principal in a larger school district and eventually became the Superintendent of one of the largest school districts in the state.
No one in the family let the bad experience before and during WWI spoil their lives or their love for the United States.
All, please minimize purchases from China.
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BTTT!!!
Oh yeah?
Well we have 15 million illegal aliens ready to fight for us!
So bring it!
All their military-age children are onlys, and they’re in the midst of a social revolt by said youths (”Let it rot”). The country’s in economic turmoil due to collapse of real estate bubble. They got lots of planes, ships and other crap. How many seasoned fighter pilots and naval skippers do they have? How many can do carrier landings and takeoffs? How well drilled are their crews?
Taiwan, however, has been preparing for attempted invasions for a long time, and watching with interest the goings on in Ukraine.
It seems to me, the threat of a major war is now the liberal’s Viagra. All we are saying is give war a chance.
Hang the Clintons and most of their cabinet for treason.
That is a beautiful story
I thought of the Ukraine war as a distraction, if not an attempt to trap the US into another stupid war, when we should be focusing on China and our real interests in the Pacific.
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