As We Prepare For War With China

[JoePepsiCo]

Building up is just as likely to cause a war than it is to prevent one.

If your intention is focused on retribution or resource acquisition, they yes, I agree.

On the other hand, nobody much picks on the biggest strongest guy in the bar when he's minding his won business...

(I speak of bars so that you will be able to imagine a more comfortable contextual environment than a debate stage.)

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Dong Jun's appointment is as a result of the purges that Xi has engaged in, with ever increasing frequency. Reminiscent of Mao and Stalin. No good end will come of his, now, dictatorship.

You, as a country, doesn't have the means of feeding itself. You, as a country, don't have the raw materials to sustain your industry. You, as a country, don't have the means of protecting the sea lanes you are dependent on for those vital commodities.

Xi and his policies will bring about the end of China as you know it. Good bye and good riddance to the CCP.

Too bad that they won't go quiet into that gentle night.

The over-under on war is, "YES."

 

[Sean Renaud]

If your intention is focused on retribution or resource acquisition, they yes, I agree.

On the other hand, nobody much picks on the biggest strongest guy in the bar when he's minding his won business...

(I speak of bars so that you will be able to imagine a more comfortable contextual environment than a debate stage.)

Arms races are very real things and when you get enough people with enough toys something is gonna bounce off sooner or later. We are incredibly lucky that the US and USSR never went head to head even with MAD and if nukes hadn't been a thing by 1970 something at the latest we would have dealt out the cards and played one more round just to prove my hypersonic jet was better than your hypersonic jet.

Its absolutely no different on national levels than its on street or individual levels. More weapons=more violence. The current situation is a bit unique because literally if we subtract nukes where everybody lives the rest of the world could attack us and they might get us but at prices that would be way too high to calculate. Oceans are fucking awesome.

 

[Sean Renaud]

I think there is a lot more going on with having trouble recruiting than knowing they are just cannon fodder for the rich.

 

[Rightguide]

You finally have a legit news source but then feel dirty like you are betraying you benefactor so you throw them in too?

You should learn how to talk before posting.

 

[Rightguide]

I think there is a lot more going on with having trouble recruiting than knowing they are just cannon fodder for the rich.

Yep, unappealing wokeness to the warrior class, and only a small percentage of military-aged men available are physically qualified to serve.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Yep, unappealing wokeness to the warrior class, and only a small percentage of military-aged men available are physically qualified to serve.

To whatever limited extent those things are true they are definitely not the primary drivers. A fairly good economy is the largest driver. If anything the lack of wokeness is a deterant. I would never tell a minority who wasn't desperate to join.

 

[Chobham]

Yep, unappealing wokeness to the warrior class, and only a small percentage of military-aged men available are physically qualified to serve.

There is another aspect to it. Many recruits/new officers come from military families, it's a tradition. I know that we vets are now encouraging our children/grandchildren NOT to join the military. The whole 'woke' indoctrination programs are bullshit.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

You should learn how to talk before posting.

People can have trouble speaking and still communicate via writing, or didn't you know that? This site uses the written language in case you didn't notice.

 

[dkovic77]

You should learn how to talk before posting.

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