Posted on 09/29/2002 12:50:10 PM PDT by Torie
Yes, the administration got the plane and the crew back and resumed the surveillance flights inspite of China's demand they stop....
... announced a robust arms sales package for Taiwan and vowed to do "whatever it takes" to defend the island from attack by China.
....has resumed military cooperation with India including in areas of missile defense and recent Naval exercises all of which are aimed at containing China.
This administration has in fact increase ties and military presense with countries literally surrounding China.
The Ten Armies You Don't Want to FightI'm still searching for something more reliable than this but for now this clip from an article will have to do. And... as you can see France isn't even on the list. Turkey and Pakistan both rank above France. In fact France was ranked below both Taiwan and Vietnam on the list...
Taking into account quantity and quality, the ten most deadly armies on the planet belong to China, the United States, India, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, Turkey, Israel, Pakistan and Iran. America isn't on top because, while our ground forces are formidable, superior equipment and training go only so far to make up for the numerical advantage the Chinese have.
We have our final answer.
Three big powers......(laughing hysterically).............Larry, Moe and Curly.
"If the weapons inspections do not take place, if we do not have clear proof and if we do not have the authorisation of the Security Council, we cannot launch a military attack on Iraq," he said.
Just remember that when it comes to Taiwan, my bellicose communist friend.
France is the world's third military power (after the US and Russia), and has the world's second largest defense industry (i.e. exocet missiles, radar technology.)The arrogant bastards do think highly of themselves...
...oh, and by the way, how many of the previously mentioned countries do we need to stomp Iraq into the ground.
Answer: None.
Question:
How many of these countries hate the United States because of its great strength, a strength built on principles that are alien to all of the above?
Yep, all three.
......we have no need to feel ashamed of being number one. This is the mindset being inculcated by leftists the world over.
We never were like them.......until recently. This 'global citizen' nonsense has always been patently anti-American; we didn't build a system based on the European way of doing things. We set up a new system, one that shunned and despised the 'old way' of doing things.
There is no reason for any American to feel any guilt about shedding these things like an old coat.
We are, vastly.
.....and there is no reason why we should ever subjugate ourselves to this gang of three.
Another poster posed some time ago.........imagine the world without the United States.
That's right, take a look around at what you've got, and picture it all under the control of some Chi-com despot, Putin, of some weak-kneed French socialist.
It doesn't take much imagination.
.........and these folks would suppose that they have some 'lesson' in government that they would enlighten us with.
That's fine. Let them sit on the sidelines and we'll demonstrate how ineffectual, weak, and irrelevantthey are.
Sometimes I get the feeling that when the US invades Iraq, we are going to find things out about China that are going to make us really angry.
Britain needs to recapture that Churchillian spirit. Britain needs to remember that they are an island, and to thank God for being an island.
The numerical advantage of ground forces is almost meaningless in modern warfare. The logistical problems of projecting power by moving and sustaining enormous numbers of troops doesn't match the technology and superior power of the American military.
China doesn't come close to matching the USA.
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