"Retired Adm. James Stavridis, NATO'S former supreme commander in Europe, agreed that there is still time to establish guardrails with China, including by finding ways to cooperate on mutually beneficial issues, such as climate change, while managing the highly competitive relationship."
What a clown. Spent too much time around Euro elites.
Is war with China just a matter of time? (msn.com)
One thing he did say that makes sense is to be friendly with India. China and India have populations just over and under 1.4B - we are sitting a distant third with 330M. China and India aren't exactly friendly neighbors, and it's really a shame they don't share a longer and less mountainous border. India has recently been beefing up its air force specifically with the Chinese in mind.
Back in the early 60s when Mao was still running China, they realized that they needed their E and S China Sea islands for defense. China would absolutely love to retake Taiwan.
One thing he did say that makes sense is to be friendly with India. China and India have populations just over and under 1.4B - we are sitting a distant third with 330M. China and India aren't exactly friendly neighbors, and it's really a shame they don't share a longer and less mountainous border. India has recently been beefing up its air force specifically with the Chinese in mind.
Back in the early 60s when Mao was still running China, they realized that they needed their E and S China Sea islands for defense. China would absolutely love to retake Taiwan.
its because of their break with the UK. pakistan kept closer ties to the crown than India did. and with our ties to the UK we kinda kept India at arms length. which lead to them leaning towards Russia.The India card has always been in play...they are the world's largest "democracy". but historically purchased USSR military kit. A two front campaign, PAC and west, against China was smart and ramped by Trump and Modi. . They have certainly skewed more Western the last decade with ecomomic and arms purchases and agreeements. What is the old saying.....how do you counter a billion Chinese....well a billion Indians.
This narrative that Trump deteriorated international realtions was such bogus BS, unless one was to only assume the liberal EU and China.
So if China wants Taiwan, do we let them take Taiwan? Not sure there's anything we could really do to stop it. I doubt we win a war fought on their turf. Is it worth throwing away American lives in what would probably be a losing effort? The real question is what do we do when they get more aggressive with other, larger countries, like Japan or India? Or what if they were to attack Guam?