Posted on 04/29/2013 1:28:39 PM PDT by Jyotishi
As both China & India have nuclear weapons, don’t think China would be stupid enough to invade India. Yes, China’s military has gotten too powerful & both China & North Korea should be dimilitarized. But Kim Jong Un of North Korea isn’t dumb. Yes, we must be concerned about North Korea doing their 3d Nuclear weapons test (2006, 2009 & 2013), but Kim Jong Un is mostly doing this to show how powerful he is, but don’t think he would want another Korean War.
China knows that messing with a nuclear power like India is a bad idea. India & Pakistan have fought 3 wars with Pakistan also having nuclear weapons but China, India & Pakistan are not dumb. China will back out because they want to see India’s reaction. But China won’t be able to mess with India as China has done with Tibet. China will get bad publicity from this, but China will back down because they have to. China’s Communist politics is bad, but again, Chinese leaders are not dumb enough to start a war with India as both have nuclear weapons because again, war would be dumb.
China has penetrated various parts of India that way on several occasions during the past decade or so.
Not sure why anyone is surprised here at the Chinese actions. Lets not forget the 40+ fighter jets that flew near the Seneka islands off Japan yesterday plus the 8 surveillance ships the same day entering japanese waters. Simple put China has been building its military capabilities to fight and win wars as their current Chairman stated publicly almost a year ago. Somehow we though war was code for a new Chinese takeout menu or Great Wall tour package. Their English might not be so great but pretty sure they used a translator to get the “War” message right. The Chinese want a war but they also want the moral high ground which means that they tried to start one using their proxy North Korea and when we didn’t bite they escalated tensions on every front. Their goal is simple. Start a war to prove that America does not have the will to defend any of its allies against China. This will in turn allow China to bully everyone else into submission without firing a shot. They need the moral high ground to make the strategy work. They get the moral high ground by slowly heating the pot with sustained ongoing provocations until one of their targets take any action to stop them. That’s why we see these highly proactive Chinese provocations with little response other than international complaints and battles in the media. What we should do is stop buying their crap followed by kicking their asses in a small but decisive battled in response to one of these clear provocations. Use the opportunity to launch a trade embargo after the battle.
You’re absolutely right.
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