Posted on 07/14/2005 2:39:38 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite
So much for deterrence and MAD!
Bill Clinton's friend and campaign donor, China, speaks.
I'm sure they appreciate the help with ballistic missiles Clinton sold them.
Yes it is, for now. But, we can't continue to pump them untold wealth under the 'Most Favored Nation' status and not expect them to eventually reach Superpower status.
They have never hidden their plan to dominate the globe. They remind me somewhat of the Islamists. They lie in wait until they reach 'critical mass'. Expect an attack when they believe they have achieved it.
Consider this. Whereas, when the USSR glowered over Europe with their SS-20s, which are an entirely different animal than ICBMs, due to the shorter distance and shorter flight times, we responded with Pershing-2s slated for Europe, nuclear armed ground launched cruise missiles actually deployed in Europe, and our SDI plan, all the while vastly increasing our conventional punch. Now, with the PRC similarly glowering with DF-21s over SE Asia, Japan, Taiwan and other nearby countries, all of them with NO nuclear weapons, we are not responding. To compare with the past European situation, instead of taking a Ronald Reagan approach currently we are taking a Jimmy Carter approach. Where will it lead?
Didn't I read the other day that the US military is planning the future US forces around small quick, skirmishes...that they think that will be where all the future threats are??? .i.e instead of a major all out war?
Um, you forgot about the SLICBMs and SLIRBMs they have. They are cranking out the subs to carry them as I write this. Also, the DF-41, due out literally any day (solid fuel, similar specs to MX) will be able to reach anywhere on Earth.
Good 'to the point' post.
Let me just adjust one thing...'Bill and Hillary Clinton was the worst President of all time.
How can we know how many they have? There are no inspections and we've had very little luck getting assets into their nuclear programs.
And still the free traitors grasp themselves in Michael Jackson style, while simpering and moaning about lower prices for consumers.
No doubt they will become even more excited about free trade when an American city is incinerated by a nuclear attack.
China should just go ahead and nuke Taipei and be done with it. Who would care? Forget the invasion, it would be over in a minute.
Please don't let the cat out of the bag ... please, no more photos of my irregulars! LOL ...
GOP_1900AD
Literally writin' these here words from da hood!
Oh, Gee.. and lets sell them Unocal!
It is estimated that they currently have 400 warheads. That number will only increase, especially as they fill their vaults.
This is according to Wikipedia: "By some estimates of true spending, the PRC's military spending is second only to the US's of over $400 billion."
This increase in wealth has been directly related to the passage of 'Most Favored Nation' status and is a new and welcomed phenomenon for the Red Chinese. They are most certainly laughing (at us) all the way to the bank.
Ever see 1.3 BILLION "consumers" evaporate @ 10,000 degrees?
Exactly.
In other words, we are banking everything on the assumption that the books Thomas L. Friedman has written are the gospel truth, there will only be fighting terrorists and failed states (with the occasional looney tin pot thrown in) and never again shall we ever face either a new great power threat or an axis. Look at the thousands of years of history. What is your bet?
One other thing neither the media nor even "the experts" mention. If I spend one dollar on defense in the US, I get X. If I spend 8.3 Yuan (e.g. 1 dollar) in the PRC, I get 10X.
It's the ChiClintonComs.
Quote: "By some estimates of true spending, the PRC's military spending is second only to the US's of over $400 billion."
..and look where alot of our spending goes: defending Japan, Germany, S. Korea, Kosovo etc. + plus the WOT.
China has none of that spending. They can spend their whole enchilada on new equipment. Just think of the equipment we could buy if we did not have to be the "world's policemen"?
Please tell me that you're not another with their head in the sand. Iran???
Go ANYWHERE in Saudi Arabia (or a myriad other places on earth) and read a Bible in public.
Try walking into a mosque in the U.S. with a Bible in your hand.
The lunatic's 'religion' now comprises 22% of the population of our planet. ***22%***
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