(Own report) - While the German frigate Bayern is preparing to set off for its Asia-Pacific tour, high-ranking US military officials are intensifying their discussion on the type and time of a possible large-scale war against China. Retired Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and author of a newly published novel on such a war, assumed until recently that the battle could begin in the coming decade and could possibly be triggered by a conflict over Taiwan or islands in the South and East China seas. However, the military balance of power between the USA and China is rapidly shifting in favor of the People's Republic, which in some areas has already caught up, for example in the number of warships or in cyber warfare, Stavridis notes. He warns that "the battle" between Washington and Beijing "may come much sooner. US allies play a central role and the USA is deliberately involving them in "more aggressive" operations, for example, in the South China Sea. Germany is among the allies he mentioned.
However, the military balance of power between the USA and China is rapidly shifting in favor of the People's Republic,
Reminder that a big factor in pre WWI Germany's military planning vis-a-vis Russia was the idea that Russia must be "countered" before they built up to the point that they'd be impossible to defeat. Such thinking might become widespread in a few years in the MIC, something to remember.
This is what I see happening now with the cold war that is forming. I give it 10-15 years before China is hands down ahead of the US. I imagine the US govt has a similar number, and that's why they've been throwing everything at the wall for the past 2-3 years, seeing what sticks. A war is a lose-lose for all, but if the US can convince the world there is a genocide, or a planned pandemic, or something else, they can economically strangle China and buy some more time. It's insidious shit.
Funny thing is that it could work temporarily and they do cause China to stagnate, only for their own economies to fall even harder and have China pass them anyway.
Reminder that a big factor in pre WWI Germany's military planning vis-a-vis Russia was the idea that Russia must be "countered" before they built up to the point that they'd be impossible to defeat. Such thinking might become widespread in a few years in the MIC, something to remember.
This is what I see happening now with the cold war that is forming. I give it 10-15 years before China is hands down ahead of the US. I imagine the US govt has a similar number, and that's why they've been throwing everything at the wall for the past 2-3 years, seeing what sticks. A war is a lose-lose for all, but if the US can convince the world there is a genocide, or a planned pandemic, or something else, they can economically strangle China and buy some more time. It's insidious shit.
yea, China's also seen a suspiciously large amount of pandemics over the last 3 years or so.
Funny thing is that it could work temporarily and they do cause China to stagnate, only for their own economies to fall even harder and have China pass them anyway.