Doug Kanter wrote:
NPR news reported last week that China is years away from being able to
coordinate its various forces in the way we can now, and that this keeps
them from being as big a threat some would like to believe.


You mean 'NPR the socialist mouthpiece radio station'?? They must have
some kind of nefarious plot if they are saying good things about the US
military!!

Actually, the US could control the Taiwan Straights easily, and the
Chinese could do little except sacrifice their forces... two carrier
battle groups would do it. Their subs are more of a threat than anything
else. They could also plaster Taiwan with rockets.

But we will do nothing of the sort, for one thing (as you yourself
pointed out) we need to keep on China's good side so they'll do
something about North Korea and their nukes, and (as I pointed out) they
are holding enough US debt to drop the dollar to pennies or less.

The Taiwanese have figured out that the US is a broken reed as an ally,
but I'm not sure if they have any plans for what to do next, if China
really decides to annex them.

DSK