“To accomplish that objective, China must necessarily challenge the existing global order which is led by the United States.”
So much nonsense from this author.
China would have to build 1,000 strategic nukes and their respective delivery systems to effectively do as the author suggests.
They only have about 50-100 that can reach the US today. Against 1,500 we have ready to launch at them.
And nukes are the price of an Aircraft Carrier. Or US airfield. Or SSN etc.
How about if we do the same thing, put in our own island bases and they will have to launch a war to stop us.
They’re snooping around Venezuela under the guise of humanitarian aid.
Of that 1/3 of world trade, how much of it is to and from China, anyone know?
The good news is they do not have a large enough military to defend that much ground/seas.....
Not our problem. No more American wars in Asia.
We should not give a damn about the south China Sea. Its thiers. So what. We would be pretty damn pi#$ed off if foreign navys tried to take the over the gulf of mexico, staights of alaska etc. Bring the troops home and put them on the mexican border.
why have the enviroweenies been so strangely quiet about the disruption of ocean floor and environments for the little fishies affected by all the dredging? are they getting Chinese money to stay quiet?
I predicted in 2010: the Chinese, Russians and Iranians should grab whatever they wanted, because Obama, Democrats and their pliant media would do or say nothing about it.
I guess they were listening to me.
They knew Obama and his non defense department would look the other way, that is, show flexibility.
There needs to be new leadership in South Korea and all over Asia. It’s NOT a good dynamic there right now. And our hand with North Korea is weakening because of it as a result.
Years of poor U.S. leadership let it get this way.
The thieves are crowing that this theft is fait accompli.