The Chinese are Coming! The Chinese are Coming!

Well, we now have a new enemy to fear, those dastardly Chinese. It seems that China is building its military capacity and one military spokesman points out that maybe, just maybe, the U.S. Armed Forces might be in the backs of their minds:

They seem very focused on the United States Navy and our bases that are in that part of the world.

Well, China is in “that part of the world, unlike the USA. Perhaps the Chinese remember the various U.S. invasions of other countries in the world and don’t want to be caught flat-footed if U.S. forces attack them.

Now, I would like to give the Chinese credit for actually being able to afford its military additions, unlike the U.S. Government, which has to borrow money from China in order to fund its military machine.

Is China a “threat” to the United States? That is not the right question. The correct question is: Is the USA a military threat to China? Given the history of the USA, I would say that the latter question is more relevant. The Chinese are reading their history books.

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7:45 am on May 5, 2009