Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion 21st Infantry of the U.S. Army's Stryker Brigade test fire 120 mm mortars at sunset at their base in Mosul, November 20, 2004 I don't know, but I believe the man in the red tie may be leaps and bounds ahead of our comprehension in its multi-century strategy for undermining the Anglosphere. Yes, the Anglosphere, defender of all freedom everywhere on the planet.
I have mixed feelings when it comes to this issue.
On the one hand, it's disconcerting to watch the PRC gradually absorb or attempt to intimidate lands that it perceives as being within its territorial claims, e.g. Macao, Hong Kong, the Spratleys, and most unsettling of all, Taiwan.
However, I also think that to a large extent, their military buildup and seemingly potent regional alliances are designed to mask some of the fundamental flaws that lie at the heart of this fascist gerontocracy.
The masses of unemployed industrial workers, energetic Falun Dafa devotees and persecuted-but resilient-political dissidents aren't going to deterred, no matter how many of them you intern in laogai or exile from their homeland.
You can't defeat an idea whose time has come with a tank, submarine or cruise missile.
Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion 21st Infantry of the U.S. Army's Stryker Brigade test fire 120 mm mortars at sunset at their base in Mosul, November 20, 2004