[Strategerist]

Oh, while I love Cato in general their defense positions are silly.

On the other hand, for whatever reason people are big on "sky is falling" analysis of our military relative to others, particularly the PRC.

[Jeff Head]

I do not submit that the "Sky is falling", only that the trends are clear and not promising with what the PRC is doing and that we should respond accordingly. Both by building up our force structure and readiness (as Reagan did in the face of the Soviets) and, as importantly, drying up the PRC finincial bonanza.

If we do not, I believe we will fight them in the next ten years or maybe sooner depending on the Taiwan issue. I believe we will win in any case, but that the cost will be much greater than if we act accordingly now. Just my opinion.