I think the Pentagon has been REALLY underestimating the size and growth rate of China arsenal for decades and they are NOT taking into account the civilian participation in a war effort, that could be massive if there is a mobilization.
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A lot of people think if the generals don't get charged with corruption then that means there must be no corruption.
I mean that's one way to think about it. But that's very surface level and dangerous mindset.
Not only that, the truest level of comprehensive compentence shows itself at the bottom level upwards, not only at the top, which is why the US underestimation of Chinese capabilities is bigger than just ordnance stockpiles.
Obviously naming both the next gen fighter and a whole class of warship after the current living president is not corruption at all.
America and Israel are trying to take as much as they can before China becomes too strong for them.
...doesn't seem like much has changed with the Department of
I can see LoE #1 being successful since Trump's hell-bent on crowing himself as governor of the new South America Trading Company™ of the unified Americas. Rubio and Miller will have no difficulty becoming viceroys of South and North America (respectively).
LoE #3 remains to be seen since EU countries are increasing spending, but not in the way that will benefit the U.S. in the long run.
LoE #4 is 100% going to fail like all administrations before Trump (including his first administration). The corruption issues and grifting that plagued the American defence industry , and will only get worse now that the AI techbros are involved.
Which leaves LoE #2...containing China but also not confronting China...somehow. Which is an oxymoron since the NDS states that the DoW will "[...] build, posture, and sustain a strong denial defense along the FIC." You can't achieve that without confronting China, so nothing has fundamentally changed from the Biden administration.
The U.S. legalized bribery within its own government by simply classifying it as ‘corporate lobbying’. They’re the masters of corruption. Every single person within its military and political leadership is corrupt.
It’s worse than that. With the possible exception of Macron almost every member of the rule based disorder elites is complicit in ritualistic kid diddling.
While I understand that there have been numerous cases of corruption involving Chinese military personnel in business dealings over the past few decades, the sheer number of high-ranking officers falling from grace still surprises me.
Western media deliberately misrepresent China's anti-corruption campaign as a purge of political enemies simply because they dare not delve into how those convicted officials were defined as corrupt. If American government officials were judged by Chinese standards, I believe that executing all officials would be without error.
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All of Trump’s minions are on TV trying to spin the embarrassment of the Greenland issue as China and Russia trying to control trade routes. Trade to who? Except for Russia, all the countries around the Arctic are pro-US. Is China going through the Arctic to ship goods to Africa and South America? China and Russia don’t need the Arctic to trade with each other. Remember, China had no problem transiting through the Red Sea while it was for the West.
The US wondered why China would need a navy when the US was protecting trade routes. And that’s exactly why China would need a military in general.
The US wondered why China would need a navy when the US was protecting trade routes. And that’s exactly why China would need a military in general.