China.
There’s many in the American Military-Industrial complex that think we need to prepare for a war against them as the greatest “near peer competitor.”
I tend to agree with many who believe that an outright war with China is highly unlikely due to the fact that, generally, it’s a bad idea to fight with your banker.
But war, like taxes, is relatively inevitable on some level. It usually erupts due to local conflicts. Why would we fight with China? They’re over there and we’re over here. The probability of their doing something sufficient to enrage us to the point of open conflict is relatively nil, I’d say. However, China has many documented issues with neighbor India, not the least of which is the dispute over Tibet. But India, much to their credit, is working on getting up to speed…
New Delhi is sensitive to lagging behind Beijing’s naval might in the region. China has three times the number of combat vessels as India and five times the personnel. Officials are wary of port developments in neighbouring Pakistan and Sri Lanka that offer Chinese warships anchorages and potentially greater control of the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.
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Speaking at a seminar on naval self-reliance in New Delhi, Capt Bhatnagar said it was a “strategic necessity” for India to develop its own naval shipyard capabilities to avoid “being held hostage to foreign countries in a crisis situation”.
“China is developing its navy at a great rate. Its ambitions in the Indian Ocean are quite clear.”
If I was a betting man, I’d say the next great conflict will begin like all others. A regional conflict begins, and other powers choose sides based on allegiances forged and promises made.
Then stand by for the fireworks.
Billions and Billions of dollars aren’t making it out of the Nigerian Banking system and into your account right now.
Five days ago, the Appfrica tech blog reported an Internet blackout in Benin, a West African country roughly the size of Ohio. The outage, which also affected neighboring Togo, Niger and Nigeria, was caused by damage to the SAT-3 submarine communications cable, which links Portugal and Spain to South Africa via the West African coastline.
I can only imagine the chaos being felt by all of those folks who are trying to use American accounts to get the sum of 1,500,000,000 that they’ve inherited out of the country.
Tis a shame.
Good article by Andrew Breitbart. Discusses how the powers that be were all anxious to have discussions on race relations, as long as the shoe was on the correct foot. But now that we have a legitimate race relations issue on the national stage, the calls for that discussion are eerily silent. I wonder why?
Americans, especially nonblacks, are deeply fearful that the dynamic [of racial discussions] is predicated on an un-American premise: presumed guilt. Innocence, under the extra-constitutional reign of political correctness, liberalism’s brand of soft Shariah law, must be proved ex post facto.
Think not? Ask the Duke lacrosse team.
ouch.
Sobering views of the future of Iraq, from an Iraqi…
MJT: If you could give advice to the American government, if you could talk to 500 foreign policy professionals, what would you say to them?
Sayid: They should finish what they started. George W. Bush did a good job. I hope President Obama will be honest with the Iraqi people and continue the work. I know the economy is tired from the heavy cost of this war. I know it. I know the American people have suffered, that many American people have lost their jobs. I see it on the TV. I know. I’m watching. But nothing is free. I hope President Obama will continue.
MJT: How long do you think it will take?
Sayid: In my opinion, you’re about a quarter of the way finished. Maybe a third. They say the hardest step in the race is the first. Continuing the race is okay. That’s my advice to President Obama. If he quits, many bad things will happen.
Read the whole thing. It’s fantastic, and sobering.
I don’t care who you are, this guy is a pimp.
CDR Tim Cooper salutes the sideboys as he arrives to relieve as CO of USS CONSTITUTION
