TurkeyWithaSunburn
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Did you actually read the article?Hillary Clinton: after Afghanistan and Iraq, Asia-Pacific is next | World news | guardian.co.uk
Do they really think they can take China on ?
Did you actually read the article?Hillary Clinton: after Afghanistan and Iraq, Asia-Pacific is next | World news | guardian.co.uk
Do they really think they can take China on ?
Did you actually read the article?![]()
the most time she is talking about economical why america has to focus on east asia... And just at the end and very short she talkes about military isues...
I would say america absolutly knows that they cant beat china and they will never try...
Americas intrests are trading in asia. And that they send more troops to asia is cause the want to make sure that china doesnt try to blackmail their neighbor cause of their rising military power
So america knows they cant beat them but they also know they can "protect" every country as long as a army of them is in the country...
Yes, did you ?
"She said the winding down of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan allowed the US to refocus on the Asia-Pacific. "After a decade in which we invested immense resources in these two theatres we have reached a pivot point," she said. "We now can redirect some of those investments to opportunities and obligations elsewhere. And Asia stands out as a region where opportunities abound."
Which "resources " and "Investments" do you think she means ?
That is only your opinion. You cannot possibly know what American military intelligence knows.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/w...er-shows-flexibility-after-meeting-obama.html
US Marines to be based in Australia.
Clinton goes to Burhma... US military base to follow ?
the assests and investments are just economical , tell that to the Afgahnies.
Hillary Clinton: after Afghanistan and Iraq, Asia-Pacific is next | World news | guardian.co.uk
Do they really think they can take China on ?
And you think India's never-ending growth (20M babies a year) is a good thing?In a few years the Yanks will be behind China, however China has an ageing population which will mean growth will stall in the future. That's mainly due to the one child policy.
The question isn't "do they (the US) think they can take China on?".
The question is does China think they are ready to go beyond the uncontested cyber, trade, and economic war that China has waged on the west and bring it out into a full blown conflict with the US over the pacific rim?
The sword cuts both ways.
But to answer the original question, IMHO no the US cannot invade the Asian land mass and succeed, but by the same token regardless of how much property China buys in the US they cannot defeat the US in a global conflict, stolen technology and undervalued currency can only get China so far and it's only a matter of time before the middle class in China expands to the point that it bites them the party in the ass. Nationalistic sentiment can only carry people for so long.
And you think India's never-ending growth (20M babies a year) is a good thing?
China has ALWAYS been a trading nation (silk route, tea , opium), it was signing treaties in the 1800s Treaty of Nanking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The past 100 years has been an aberration with communism & incompetence at many levels. But China will rule the coming century.
Lol take a closer look of the last 2000years and you will notice that china never was realy a trading nation. China was always a country of isolation...