"The best defense is a good offense" said George Washington and the myriads of popcult. And, as students of martial arts know, the best offense is often a good defense. The two modes of operation are hardly distinct. And, if we drain the Bad Daddy -- Good Daddy strains of moralization rhetoric from our observations, we can get some clarity -- maybe. The US appears to be a declining power, so its interests lie in keeping things the same, because if they progress, they will become worse (from the US point of view). China and its allies appear to be ascending powers. In the particular situation at hand, the US has learned from experience that it will not do well attempting to fight a ground war (or indeed any other contest) on the mainland of Asia -- another hoary truism, illustrated in Korea and Vietnam. What can its leaders and managers then do? It seems they believe that scattering a froth of bases in front of the Chinese will somehow slow them down. These bases cannot sustain a D-Day or Operation Bagration offensive even if the US had the necessary resources mobilized, which it does not. The best its leaders can hope for is to slow the onset of their adversaries through deception and try to keep the home front quiet through pretended "aggression" -- unless they're insane, which unfortunately seems to be a possibility.
I’d agree accept that we have tactical nukes which destroy the land and people that China is trying to ally with. We used white phosphorus in Iraq. We’ll use it again. We’ll do anything to “win” including using nukes on the battle field to “see” if China will respond with missiles. A dying empire is a vicious thing. We as citizens are responsible for taming it.
Right? There is that feeling around here of “if I can’t have you, nobody can have you”— the self pitying cry of the abusive boyfriend before his murder/suicide. I think we are quite capable of doing that. Which means that any nation that has willingly joined us in our rampage thru history will probably pay a big price. That I think is Caitlin’s main motive in her writing—Australia will be on the front lines as we the US sink into oblivion. That I think is why Macron is getting all De Gaullist about France and de-coupling from the US and having verbal congress with China. That’s why BRICS is starting its own money system—they are tired of the US stealing all their sovereign wealth that they stash in our banking system. That’s why I think, so much of Africa is turning to China to get investment and help to liberate that continent from AFRICOM. So in a way, our death throes being so dangerous is a good thing—reminding the world to get away from us as quickly as possible and finding creative ways to do it. I’m not Pollyanna—people are going to suffer. But they were suffering before and at our hands. Now at least there may be suffering for a good cause. But I hate it. It makes my stomach twist as I think about it. I want to push Biden’s face in. And all the sociopaths that got us here—the Clintons, Obama, Shrub and Dick! Merde!!!
The only sensible thing the US can do about China's growth is to reduce their international trade and energy supply. Their vassals will subvert the sanctions and BRICS will evade them entirely so a blockade would be necessary. Submarines to block shipping, and don't allow railroads to get through to Europe.
They'd love to have a proxy war in Taiwan but I don't think the Taiwanese will agree to national suicide. Ukraine has a severe case of having more balls than brains. Taiwan is the opposite and to boot has generally good relations with China.
"The best defense is a good offense" said George Washington and the myriads of popcult. And, as students of martial arts know, the best offense is often a good defense. The two modes of operation are hardly distinct. And, if we drain the Bad Daddy -- Good Daddy strains of moralization rhetoric from our observations, we can get some clarity -- maybe. The US appears to be a declining power, so its interests lie in keeping things the same, because if they progress, they will become worse (from the US point of view). China and its allies appear to be ascending powers. In the particular situation at hand, the US has learned from experience that it will not do well attempting to fight a ground war (or indeed any other contest) on the mainland of Asia -- another hoary truism, illustrated in Korea and Vietnam. What can its leaders and managers then do? It seems they believe that scattering a froth of bases in front of the Chinese will somehow slow them down. These bases cannot sustain a D-Day or Operation Bagration offensive even if the US had the necessary resources mobilized, which it does not. The best its leaders can hope for is to slow the onset of their adversaries through deception and try to keep the home front quiet through pretended "aggression" -- unless they're insane, which unfortunately seems to be a possibility.
I’d agree accept that we have tactical nukes which destroy the land and people that China is trying to ally with. We used white phosphorus in Iraq. We’ll use it again. We’ll do anything to “win” including using nukes on the battle field to “see” if China will respond with missiles. A dying empire is a vicious thing. We as citizens are responsible for taming it.
This dying empire will be more dangerous than most - it might take down the whole world with it.
Right? There is that feeling around here of “if I can’t have you, nobody can have you”— the self pitying cry of the abusive boyfriend before his murder/suicide. I think we are quite capable of doing that. Which means that any nation that has willingly joined us in our rampage thru history will probably pay a big price. That I think is Caitlin’s main motive in her writing—Australia will be on the front lines as we the US sink into oblivion. That I think is why Macron is getting all De Gaullist about France and de-coupling from the US and having verbal congress with China. That’s why BRICS is starting its own money system—they are tired of the US stealing all their sovereign wealth that they stash in our banking system. That’s why I think, so much of Africa is turning to China to get investment and help to liberate that continent from AFRICOM. So in a way, our death throes being so dangerous is a good thing—reminding the world to get away from us as quickly as possible and finding creative ways to do it. I’m not Pollyanna—people are going to suffer. But they were suffering before and at our hands. Now at least there may be suffering for a good cause. But I hate it. It makes my stomach twist as I think about it. I want to push Biden’s face in. And all the sociopaths that got us here—the Clintons, Obama, Shrub and Dick! Merde!!!
The only sensible thing the US can do about China's growth is to reduce their international trade and energy supply. Their vassals will subvert the sanctions and BRICS will evade them entirely so a blockade would be necessary. Submarines to block shipping, and don't allow railroads to get through to Europe.
They'd love to have a proxy war in Taiwan but I don't think the Taiwanese will agree to national suicide. Ukraine has a severe case of having more balls than brains. Taiwan is the opposite and to boot has generally good relations with China.