The US military needs to be able to justify it’s obscene budget somehow and we’re just getting caught in the crossfire.
According to declassified CIA reports, Chinese military doctrine has been designed with a solely defensive purpose. They don’t expect to operate anywhere that a blue water fleet would be necessary because the role of the Chinese military is to protect and preserve the territorial integrity of China. Modern analysts see China’s military as being designed with one purpose: to repel a potential US invasion of Mainland China.
Fear mongering over Taiwan is just that: fear mongering. We’re talking about a region that captures the worst and most bloody parts about war: an amphibious landing over a fucking ocean, dense urban combat, dense jungle combat, mountainous terrain, and a deeply entrenched enemy. Taiwan is literally impossible to occupy, which is why the KMT retreated there in the first place. Meanwhile, China-Taiwan trade grows every year and China continues to court Taiwanese skilled workers and Taiwanese investment. China also integrates heavily with Taiwan’s cultural output.
For some reference, it would be akin to the US invading Canada. While “oh yeah we’ll totally take over Canada” plays really well to American right-wing nationalists, it’s a stupid idea that no one has either the capability or the desire to follow through with. It’s too politically unpopular and Chinese propaganda isn’t actually that good at manufacturing consent.
Yet, I guess the US needs a way to justify spending enough money every year to literally solve the climate crisis and world hunger… On more weapons.
The US military needs to be able to justify it’s obscene budget somehow and we’re just getting caught in the crossfire.
According to declassified CIA reports, Chinese military doctrine has been designed with a solely defensive purpose. They don’t expect to operate anywhere that a blue water fleet would be necessary because the role of the Chinese military is to protect and preserve the territorial integrity of China. Modern analysts see China’s military as being designed with one purpose: to repel a potential US invasion of Mainland China.
Fear mongering over Taiwan is just that: fear mongering. We’re talking about a region that captures the worst and most bloody parts about war: an amphibious landing over a fucking ocean, dense urban combat, dense jungle combat, mountainous terrain, and a deeply entrenched enemy. Taiwan is literally impossible to occupy, which is why the KMT retreated there in the first place. Meanwhile, China-Taiwan trade grows every year and China continues to court Taiwanese skilled workers and Taiwanese investment. China also integrates heavily with Taiwan’s cultural output.
For some reference, it would be akin to the US invading Canada. While “oh yeah we’ll totally take over Canada” plays really well to American right-wing nationalists, it’s a stupid idea that no one has either the capability or the desire to follow through with. It’s too politically unpopular and Chinese propaganda isn’t actually that good at manufacturing consent.
Yet, I guess the US needs a way to justify spending enough money every year to literally solve the climate crisis and world hunger… On more weapons.