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💥 BOOM 💥 30 secs in - what do I hear? ‘Peaceful transition to military power’ !MILITARY IS THE ONLY WAY!

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon says China's military power is on the rise as it pursues more land-based missiles and attack submarines, and that the secrecy of its drive increases the risk of miscalculation. The annual military assessment was released Monday. It comes at a time of strained U.S. relations with Beijing.

China's military buildup is moving beyond countering Taiwan to global operations from the Middle East through Southeast Asia, according to the Pentagon's annual assessment of Chinese military power. "China's military acquisitions and strategic thinking suggests Beijing is also generating capabilities for other regional contingencies, such as conflict over resources or territory," the report to Congress said. The statement, released yesterday, contradicts assessments of some pro-China analysts and intelligence officials who have said the nation's military buildup is relatively benign and limited to resolving the sovereignty issue of Taiwan, which was separated from China in 1949 during a civil war. China...

How effective were UN sanctions against Saddam ? Liberals say, "Very effective !" This cynic says otherwise. Read and draw your own conclusions.

AN EU security policy must be backed-up by military power to be credible, Foreign Affairs Minister Brian Cowen said yesterday after the EU leaders discussed the issue at their summit in Greece. A 16-page document produced by the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana set out a broad outline of a common security policy that was welcomed by the Taoiseach and the other EU heads of government at the three day meeting. The EU heads requested the preliminary study in a desperate bid to avoid another open rift between member states similar to that over the Iraq war when some...

<p>We may now be witnessing the most radical reshaping of the Middle East since it acquired its modern form (and many of its modern problems) in the wake of World War I. What the British Empire began, the American Empire may be about to finish.</p>