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Pentagon: China Building Military Might
washington post ^ | , May 25, 2007; 8:50 PM | By ROBERT BURNS

Posted on 01/27/2008 6:36:59 AM PST by Flavius

WASHINGTON -- China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially far from its borders, the Pentagon said Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armsbuildup; china; chinesemilitary; redchina
far from its borders...
1 posted on 01/27/2008 6:37:01 AM PST by Flavius
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To: Flavius

It sure is a disadvantage for us not to have borders...


2 posted on 01/27/2008 6:38:29 AM PST by SolidWood (Al Gore: "I have never heard of this, but I think it is a very good idea,")
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To: Flavius

The least they could do is tell us what we’re paying for.


3 posted on 01/27/2008 6:39:03 AM PST by cripplecreek (Duncan Hunter, Conservative excellence in action.)
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To: Flavius
True....our trade deficit is funding it, but that reality is group together much like open borders, illegal invasion, federal ordered sub prime fiasco.

In many politicians minds, "we're beholding to those who grease our re-election coffers (money we can keep once gone from office) and we need to somehow continue to grow the economy and the size of governemnt."

4 posted on 01/27/2008 6:41:41 AM PST by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Flavius; cripplecreek
This is what they are doing:


The Rising Sea Dragon in Asia

...and here is where it could lead:


THE DRAGONS FURY SERIES

World War Against America and the West

5 posted on 01/27/2008 6:48:23 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head

Reagan knew that free trade didn’t have to mean giving the store away. This is a great article by Michael Reagan speaking of his father, Duncan Hunter and our trade policies.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelReagan/2007/10/10/where%e2%80%99s_the_fire


6 posted on 01/27/2008 6:57:32 AM PST by cripplecreek (Duncan Hunter, Conservative excellence in action.)
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To: cripplecreek

The only candidate who sees this coming dropped out. I’m afraid if the islamists don’t get us at some point we will be owned by China.


7 posted on 01/27/2008 7:13:38 AM PST by panthermom (DUNCAN HUNTER 2008)
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To: Flavius

Threat inflation by media pundits. The PLA isn’t capable of prevailing against the U.S. army and won’t be for at least the next 30 to 40 years.


8 posted on 01/27/2008 7:17:30 AM PST by cmdjing
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To: cmdjing

With your head buried that far in the sand your ears will get filled up.


9 posted on 01/27/2008 7:24:59 AM PST by em2vn
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To: panthermom

The Chinese are pushing the Muslims at us. The Muzzies are just the first wave. Then come’s the Marxists of Latin America.

I hope we don’t pay these idiots in the pentagon too much. They are decades behind in their assessment of the Chinese agenda.


10 posted on 01/27/2008 7:43:16 AM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (And close the damned borders!)
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com

The Chinese sell the weapons to our enemies who in turn kill our soldiers. I’m really struggling to find the patriotism in continuing to trade with China. When the Russians were fighting proxy wars against us, we at least had the sense to avoid paying them to do it.


11 posted on 01/27/2008 7:50:10 AM PST by cripplecreek (Duncan Hunter, Conservative excellence in action.)
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To: cripplecreek

Our worst enemies are running this country.


12 posted on 01/27/2008 7:51:35 AM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (And close the damned borders!)
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To: cmdjing
The PLA isn’t capable of prevailing against the U.S. army

Anywhere outside of mainland China...

13 posted on 01/27/2008 9:11:52 AM PST by glorgau
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To: panthermom

Don’t think of it as the Chinese military, just think of it as an outsourced collection agency.


14 posted on 01/27/2008 10:54:37 AM PST by TheFrog
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To: Flavius

What would be the point aside from destroying their own economy?


15 posted on 01/27/2008 10:57:43 AM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale
The hardest thing for us "Westerners" to understand is the Asian concept of 'face'.
16 posted on 01/27/2008 11:08:08 AM PST by investigateworld ( Abortion stops a beating heart.)
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To: investigateworld

The concept does not transcend the individual, also difficult for western social scientists to see.


17 posted on 01/27/2008 11:14:11 AM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale

(Scratching head) Mmmmmm?


18 posted on 01/27/2008 11:32:04 AM PST by investigateworld ( Abortion stops a beating heart.)
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