tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post304417694654202874..comments2023-10-16T06:06:25.012-04:00Comments on TaoSecurity Blog: Aviation Week on China's Military CapabilitiesRichard Bejtlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-38866593255291893152011-04-20T04:44:25.190-04:002011-04-20T04:44:25.190-04:00Although I believe China is a threat and have been...Although I believe China is a threat and have been saying so for many years (including on this blog) I am alarmed at the way the US military and other vested interests are ramping it up.<br /><br />My concern over China has been and will probably still remain economic, primarily the access to raw materials, secondly the way various Western Nations are "de-skilling" their population beyond recovery, thirdly the way the Chinese have bought into US industry etc.<br /><br />I don't think China is even remotly interested in taking on the US militarily currently even in what it considers it's home waters. No it is more interested in turning the US into the equivalent of a needy child or worse drug addled addict. Compleatly dependant on China's manufactured goods.<br /><br />Contrary to what many politicians have claimed since the Thatcher/Reagan era it is not realistic to expect a Nation to survive just on "service industries" and "information economies" without either the manufacturing or food production capabilities that act as the foundation to a self sufficient Nation.<br /><br />And like a house any Nation that does not have solid foundations leaves it's self open to the vagaries of chance, in an uncertain world.Clive Robinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-32863431976416830532011-04-05T11:29:18.569-04:002011-04-05T11:29:18.569-04:00Unrealistic. China spends 2 to 1 on internal secur...Unrealistic. China spends 2 to 1 on internal security versus external. We spend 2 to 1 the other way. And of course we do so with dollars that we borrow from the Chinese.<br /><br />If you are looking for a very realistic scenario, its the Suez crisis, where we dictated Britain's foreign policy because they were indebted to us<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis#Financial_pressure<br /><br />Since we are minus $3 trillion to China, China dictating our foreign policy is a when not an if, ceteris paribus.<br /><br />"I will argue that the most serious threat to the United States is not someone hiding in a cave in Afghanistan or Pakistan, but our own fiscal irresponsibility."<br /><br />http://www.iousathemovie.com/gunnarhttp://1raindrop.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com