Comments on: Let It Burn …

By: Aeroguy

Aeroguy — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 05:32:14 +0000

More like stay neutral and make a fortune backing weapons manufactures after the crisis but before the war. I think it will be a stalemate in order to avoid a nuclear exchange. Might want to avoid Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Singapore (so include Malaysia too), South Korea, East China, and the West Coast if you want to be on the safe side. India and Russia are wild cards. A lot of the outcome will depend on how important protecting South Korea is to USGov since it’s the most vulnerable (something about land wars in Asia and not to fight them), I can all but guarantee that China will be denied sea access. The other question is the extent that GPS satellites will be hardened. Quite frankly if you’re a civilian in East China during such a war, pray to FSM that the GPS satellites are working because the bombs will come GPS or not (protip, pilots hate JDAM almost as much as they hate drones, they miss the laser targeting pods, see they even wrote a song about it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng3HPrea90k&feature=kp ).

By: nyan_sandwich

nyan_sandwich — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:35:43 +0000

Hmmm. Perhaps I should defect to China before I find myself on the wrong side of history.

By: Aeroguy

Aeroguy — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 13:48:32 +0000

Shit, my last sentence proves I”m an idiot, she’s already inactive.

By: Aeroguy

Aeroguy — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 03:34:06 +0000

China’s already playing games in the East China sea and is contending for the Spratly Islands (a place worth watching as closely as the Caspian Sea region). They’re working towards the development of nuclear carriers, a vessel that has a very specific purpose, force projection. Things will get interesting when China’s decides it’s ready to make things interesting. Both China and USGov militaries think the other military is a paper tiger and have wet dreams about killing each other (I can’t actually speak for Chinese dreams but my classmates at USAFA, present day Captains, most certainly did), which gives it some extra kindling. By the time the financial collapse hits the trade thing won’t be there, China will be ready, and a war would China would be imagined as a shiny distraction for a US that I predict will be under martial law during the collapse. I imagine the Deep state doing it’s best to provoke China into using it’s shiny anti-carrier missiles to sink one of their carriers. Probably the Enterprise since she’s the oldest and her name will give the best press.

By: Alrenous

Alrenous — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 01:06:41 +0000

Be precise. American elites are still psychologically isolationist. This means they care more about internal conflicts and happily sacrifice foreign policy so they can win at home.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 20:58:01 +0000

the President is bleeding from behind

By: Contemplationist

Contemplationist — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:34:45 +0000

Besides, China is already carrying on the real neo-colonial project in Africa. What makes you think they couldn’t do it quietly, peacefully (relatively) in the MidEast as well?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:14:04 +0000

China does not care. At all.

To them, the situation in the Middle East is like the weather. They just have a look outside and if its not intolerably stormy, they go about their business there. If it’s too stormy, they just go about other business somewhere else.

In any case, why the hell would China want to try to lead? Russia has dipped a toe in the water as an independent force in world affairs, and the Obama administration has completely lost its mind.

I would enjoy it if China trolled the administration the way Putin trolls the administration but China is too boringly practical.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:01:37 +0000

Zachary Keck is a smart guy, but his perspective is neoconservatism on steroids. Your gloss on his article is exactly right.

By: Lesser Bull

Lesser Bull — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:21:05 +0000

Precisely. I remember being puzzled when we didn’t make sure the oil contracts went to American companies after the Second Gulf War. Blood for oil made a lot more sense than blood for nothing.