tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post8269732390735890851..comments2024-03-22T02:37:10.429-05:00Comments on Political Friends: Chinese Sub stalks USS Kitty HawkAndy Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-89605096736932615812006-12-26T09:35:00.000-05:002006-12-26T09:35:00.000-05:00I think many of the problems vxphobos brings up ar...I think many of the problems vxphobos brings up are valid ones. China is a very delicate situation. China is definately gearing up for what they perceive as a future military conflict with the United States. They are taking steps to give them every advantage they could want. I don't believe we should be planning on invading China, or attacking China. However, I think many of the things we are doing now (like letting them have access to our military bases) are preventing us from getting in the position we need to be. We can continue to trade with them, but we need to recognize that China has plans that don't include our best interest. As such, we need to have our own plans and act accordingly.Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-63739881027474417272006-12-26T03:36:00.000-05:002006-12-26T03:36:00.000-05:00While I am of the same mind with regards to the po...While I am of the same mind with regards to the potential threat of China, I must remind you that China is the worlds industry and the repercussions of US lessening its ties with it would be more felt in the States than in China. For whatever the US does not buy Europe and others in the world surely will. Besides one really does not realize that the Chinese have such a huge investment in the US economy and is the purchaser of a huge portion of US Treasury bonds, which makes them the possessors of the tools to potentially crash the Bond market. Also they are the largest holder of Dollar deposits, and if they chose to dump them they would plumit the price of dollar on the global market. The rise of China surprised many, and I am concerned that pressure might not be a tool for manipulation any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-44459749394196836992006-11-22T01:51:00.001-05:002006-11-22T01:51:00.001-05:00Taiwan,
I was completely unaware of the ceding of...Taiwan,<br /><br />I was completely unaware of the ceding of Taiwan to Japan in 1895. I hace always had an interest in better understanding the political status and of Taiwan and need to do some basic research on the subject before any further comment. <br /><br />Thanks for the comment.Domesticated Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06966934305873940742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-19161826496023781852006-11-21T06:46:00.000-05:002006-11-21T06:46:00.000-05:00I am not as familiar with the history of Taiwan. ...I am not as familiar with the history of Taiwan. However, I believe you are correct, the US will have to define its relationship with Taiwan, and it will have to do that quickly. Most analysis seems to be that China is building up for a conflict with the United States to settle the Taiwan matter. If the US doesn't figure out how it views Taiwan soon, China will force the US to decide when it takes military action.Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-59649440313858510042006-11-17T03:51:00.000-05:002006-11-17T03:51:00.000-05:00Well Japan attacked us with our scrap metal and Ch...Well Japan attacked us with our scrap metal and China will do it's work with our scrap metal and cash.<br /><br />They're ramping up they're space program and since we get almost nothing out of space programs (i.e., no moon mining colony yet) except military technology that's what China is working on. <br /><br />If you can launch a man into spance and bring him back at a pre-designated time to a pre-designated location, it says your ballistic science is good and you can drop anything, anywhere, at anytime. The new made it seem like a good thing, but it's scary. <br /><br />I'm too young to remember Sputnik first hand, but old enough to know what it signified.<br /><br />I guess it's ok as long as we keep getting cheap t-shirts and they keep making the low and mid grade semiconductors for our weapons systems. (That's a joke...)Domesticated Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06966934305873940742noreply@blogger.com