Comments on: Big Asian Wargame Boom or Bust?

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By: jim

jim — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:14:59 +0000

Anytime Russia (not our friend) China (not our friend, and since they are trying to do us in economically might be our worst enemy … with illegals running a close second) Vietnam (not the people, the communist government) and other anti American countries get together to play war games, you can bet your best skivvies that they’re doing it to flout their might; or to try to make the U.S. nervous. America should trust none of them … period. Until we started importing all their pissy wares, and having other associations with them, America was a lot stronger, and more patriotic. God bless America.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:10:45 +0000

The long-range goal of the Chinese is to regain Taiwan once they have the naval capacity for a landing. At the same time of the Taiwan invasion, the Chinese will try to secure the oil fields in the middle east. Most people in the U.S. do not realize the Chinese have a 200 million man militia that will form the PLA’s military once activated. Already the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Rand Corporation have stated that once China makes its’ military move, the West will loose the Pacific Rim nations, including South Korea. The U.S. no longer has the capacity to fight and win a two front war as the leadership after WWII envisioned. The Stock Market drove investors into China as it was the last vestige for vast wealth as labor and manufacturing costs did not include employee protection (Unions and OSHA) and manufacturing (OSHA/EPA) overhead costs. Eighty five cents of every dollar vestsd into Chinese manufacturing goes into the Cbinese military machine. So as the Russians were building tanks they knew were going to be used against them later, the American people through governmental legislation have been forced to buy poor quality Chinese goods.

By: Dale Reeves

Dale Reeves — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:52:56 +0000

That China wants to co-train with any nation is not a real suprise, that it is not a mission of the state and defense departments of the U.S. to make that nation the U.S.A is too bad.
Thomas P. M. Barnett has made the case, brilliantly, that we should be putting the arm of an “older brother” (my words) around China and show them how to carry that big stick.
A natural outgrowth of Chinas exploding economy is to want / need to flex some muscle. I agree with Barnett’s assessment that we should direct that muscle flexing in the area of securing the middle east, battling global terror and ensconsing China as the head of an Asian “N.A.T.O”. Give them a stake in the free flow of oil at market price.
America will be moving from an oil dependant nation to clean hydrogen and nuclear fuels in the coming decades, give China the responsibility of securing the oil fields of Arabia, see their national pride renewed, and make a partner of the most populist nation on the face of the planet in the G-WOT.

By: Les

Les — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:14:33 +0000

The big concern everyone should have isn’t how good this operation went this time, but the fact they are cooperating and learning. Most won’t consider this a threat, but with Russia and China both increasing thier military budgets significantly it is only a mater of time and practice until they improve thier logistics to match or surpass ours. One thing that was omitted from this was the fact that Russian as apart of this exercise started flying it’s Stratigic bombers all over the Atlantic, Pacific, and the Arctic again, and some of those Bombers came very close to US and NATO territory. Don’t count the bear and the dragon out yet. BTW the info I got about the Stratigic bomber flights was on military.com. check it out.

By: geedeck

geedeck — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:10:24 +0000

I think alot of people are overblowing what this means. It shows that China can cooperate, that Russia is willing to cooperate, but that the former USSR states aren’t really hot on China still. I think we can all agree that moving a couple thousand PLA by train is a pretty mediocre accomplishment, I mean that’s really the easiest deployment challenge that could be asked for. It also shows that their airlift is *not* up to capacity, at least in any way they want to show… Which is ostentably part of the reason to do these things.
You gotta love the Chinese hyperbole though. I want to see a sketch comedy between say a pair of Chinese and British military officers.
Brit: WW2 was a bit of a scuffle
Chinese: We built a boat! The gods have shined their glory upon our nation!
Brit: Did you see Normandy? I’ll tell you what that one had us proper kippered.
Chinese: We have built a missle! Do not anger us, for it might accidentally launch and… BLOW UP THE MOON. We’ve thought about it.
lol.

By: John

John — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:10:03 +0000

»> Well the Pentagon is heavily invested in the petrochemical industry…
Seriously, how do you moonbats dream this stuff up? The Pentagon is heavily invested in the petrochemical industry?
»> the world is not content to watch an increasingly desperate, ineffectual America expand its sphere of hegemony. Apparently, these nations (which own us, by way of our debt) are not interested in letting our assertions of power go unanswered.
So, let me get this straight: the US is both desperate and ineffectual but somehow we are also a global hegemon. And countries that “own us” have to fear our assertions of power. Do you see that contradictions in your logic, or do I have to point them out?
And weren’t you supposed to say something about the Trilateral Commission?
Sheesh.

By: vince

vince — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:41:45 +0000

Sorry, riding a choo choo through friendly territory does not make the expeditionary warfare team in my eyes. True reach means airlift, and in Iraq its clear ground convoys through hostile territory are a bad call, hence the intra theater airlift issue. It lists 120 vehicles but 500 tons of stores? Hardly sounds like enough to sustain any kind of serious operation for any time frame for 120 combat vehicles. Walmart has better logistics.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:53:43 +0000

Hey Folks,
I think many of you have very good observations.
But lets cut to the chase; what does this mean for the one situation that would get us into war with China tommorow?
The invasion of Tiawan.
Is China just shoring up its rear, so they can sieze the prize?
Many of you will think that is foolish due to our economic ties, but you forget that the country is not run by people who are beholden to the economy like our representatives are.
In a few years, they may think that if they grab Tiawan fast and hard enough, we will just let our sixth largest trading partner switch hands if they keep trading with us.….
Far out thoughts? Maybe.
But if they did do it right now, what would we do about it.….We are spread way thin.

By: Solomon

Solomon — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:52:59 +0000

I have a different take on this than others…
Just like a child taking his first steps, China is now embarking on the path to true “Expeditionary Warfare”. Transporting five thousand troops 10,000 miles would tax even the US Transportation Command.
To just dismiss this as a PR stunt seems inappropriate as well if we are to take the recent actions by the Russians into account. A Bear Bomber was intercepted by Typhoons in the North Sea recently…strategic planning is taking place and I wonder if anyone is paying attention.