geonuc wrote:China has been getting serious pressure to rein in their rabid dog for a while now, and yet the situation seems to be getting worse, much worse.
I wonder if this recent nuclear belligerence by North Korea is China's doing?
Rommie wrote:Could be, but that seems exceedingly dumb. You can't predict how such a thing can turn out.
vendic wrote:If there is anything we do know, it's that the Chinese aren't like Western cultures. They look at the long term picture while the West generally looks half way to the next election cycle.
So to understand what the Chinese are up to requires thinking ahead decades as opposed to months.
When you are strong, act weak.
When you are weak, act strong.
In times of peace, prepare for war...
Swift wrote:Rommie wrote:Could be, but that seems exceedingly dumb. You can't predict how such a thing can turn out.
That was a mix of wild speculation and kidding, so I wouldn't take that idea too seriously. Its more like the plot of a James Bond movie.
Sigma_Orionis wrote:vendic wrote:If there is anything we do know, it's that the Chinese aren't like Western cultures. They look at the long term picture while the West generally looks half way to the next election cycle.
So to understand what the Chinese are up to requires thinking ahead decades as opposed to months.
When you are strong, act weak.
When you are weak, act strong.
In times of peace, prepare for war...
That doesn't mean that they know what they're dong. Their long view is of not much use if they make long range mistakes. They'll be paying for their one child policy dearly for the rest of this century.
Rommie wrote:...He can make the argument that we are currently far closer to another WW1 than most want to admit, because a century ago war was similarly unthinkable between two so economically connected partners (UK and Germany), but there were also a ton of alliances no one could back out of (like the US and Japan)...
geonuc wrote:Another thought - where is the CIA now that we really need a regime change?
SciFiFisher wrote:geonuc wrote:Another thought - where is the CIA now that we really need a regime change?
Still trying to live down the fact that they couldn't topple a minor Latino Dictator who has since been thumbing his nose at the U.S. ever since.
SciFiFisher wrote:Don't forget their *worst* enemy is the U.S. State Department. If you knew them like a lot of military people know them then you would know that the last thing in this world you want is for the U.S. State Department to be your friend.
And yes. The sarcasm emoji would be right beside the word "worst" about 100 times if it existed.
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