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We need to stop worrying about how wars are fought and start looking for reasons not to fight them in the first place.
originally posted by: atsgrounded
China is being ignored because they make alot of stuff that corps sell to the masses making the Corps HUGE profits. Cut China and cut profits. This is why their dismal human-environmental-currency violations are no biggy.
a reply to: DanDanDat
Why is it that Russia, a country and economy barely holding its head above water, dominates our current politics so pervasively while the real and eminent threat of China is all but ignoring?
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: DanDanDat
Trump won't win his "trade war" because everyone needs a Chinese built smartphone but no one needs a Bonneville built Harley.
originally posted by: atsgrounded
a reply to: Metallicus
When war is not profitable there will be none.
originally posted by: DanDanDat
originally posted by: highvein
a reply to: DanDanDat
Maybe making friends with Russia is a good idea then.
For the wars you think are coming.
It's quite possible Russia and China are already friends and Russia's current provocative nature is a means to get us to take our eye off the ball... and we are buying it hook line and sinker.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: DanDanDat
What the HELL are you smoking, and can I have some?
The only reason I ask, is that of all the nations on this planet, the only one that could be said to be just straight up ready to do ANYTHING militarily without stretching itself, is America. Its got bullets and bombs coming out of its proverbial orifices, guns and vehicles sprouting like weeds from its every single opening. America is a thrice damned warmachine that needs taking apart, not building up!
For goodness sake, hasn't your lot done enough damage already?
originally posted by: blackrabbit1
All empires wax and wain, the biggest question is not the when, but the how?
The British had the largest empire in history, but under the burden of debt, war and changing world it withered and died. The only consolation was that it was a managed decline designed to retain maximum influence, which arguably we did manage to keep more of a voice than a country our size should have.
I think the danger with America is that the ending will be with a bang. The Chinese have been patiently watching and planning, as the Chinese don't see a need to rush. They plan long term, think of consequences and wait until they act. I'm sure they have an aim to replace america in economic and military terms, why wouldn't they? But they probably know this wont happen without a confrontation.
With all respect to our American cousins, your spirit, pride and ethos does not always lead you to think long term, and I suspect this will not lead to a managed decline where you retain influence and soft power. I suspect you will find your sphere of influence abandons you for the next new thing, and you will be left just a shell.
Either way the more worrying implication is that for the first time in 500 years the world will not be faced with Pax Britannia or pax Americana, but pax china......the first time the transition has not been to a friendly power and the first time the "bad" guy has been in charge!