[BroJoeK]

"China takes to heart the Sun-Tsu maxim that it is best to win a war without fighting.
They understand that they can buy a voting majority of Congress for less than the cost of a modern aircraft carrier."

Exactly right, bears repeating.

[PeterPrinciple]

“China takes to heart the Sun-Tsu maxim that it is best to win a war without fighting.
They understand that they can buy a voting majority of Congress for less than the cost of a modern aircraft carrier.”

Exactly right, bears repeating.

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One of the factors with the USSR, we out spent them on military. There were other factors.