There’s a phrase that, “Generals are always fighting the last war”. Even armchair generals. India and Taiwan (the subject of this article) are not our military or ideological opposition.
Out greatest goal in this new kind of war is to unify the world in recognition of good and evil. Good is in its best position when Western civilization inspires hope everywhere. If East and South East Asia see theocracies or socialist-fascism as viable alternatives, they’re potential obstacles to our fight.
Giving them a path into the first world also benefits us. Not just by denying fascism fertile soil, but by setting ourselves up at the panicle of world trade and culture. A nation of desperate and compelled workers is no long term threat to us. If they don’t develop democratically, they can’t adjust to modern markets and eventually stagnate. That’s what happened in the USSR. We did not import slave labor from them; we enveloped them because our system is intrinsically better.
In the unlikely event that we inspire the development of a freer and better nation than us that takes our place at the top, like our end around Brittan, I say more power to them. The English people did not suffer by our progress. “All boats are lifted by a rising tide.”
Giving?!? What,pray tell, are we giving them? I thought we were just free trading. Now you say we are giving them something? Huh. If what we are giving them are American jobs, I'll keep the jobs, thank you.
Out greatest goal in this new kind of war is to unify the world in recognition of good and evil.
Ha! Ha! You should hear what the average Chinese person has to say about America and Americans ("Americans", to a Chinese person, means white person from America). They recognize evil alright, but not in the way you might like. Evil to them is George Bush. To them, the "best president" was Clinton, even though he bombed their embassy. Sad to say, but it is a fact. Yep, we give them our manufacturing base, they hate Bush and the Republicans. Sounds like a fair trade to me.