tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post8962659958512294972..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Keeping an Eye on the Long Game: Part XXIXCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-4764996250406663582010-02-10T09:21:09.000-05:002010-02-10T09:21:09.000-05:00How much better is China's transportation infr...How much better is China's transportation infrastructute? I have often thought China would not object to taking over ownership of Siberia. Let them get thier hands on that, with the fuel resrves there, and 20 years of cheap fuel for thier economy, and they will be ready to head Southwest into India. All we can hope for is the lure of capitalism making them realise that war costs too much, in the long run.SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-23398986399574767032010-02-10T08:01:26.000-05:002010-02-10T08:01:26.000-05:00Until we quit buying chinese lead products and sto...Until we quit buying chinese lead products and stop importing everything chinese... we are a debtor nation... we must export and we must manufacture... we do neither...MR T's Haircutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78742871638097011202010-02-10T07:46:17.000-05:002010-02-10T07:46:17.000-05:00Concur. That was my point above, in that, Russia ...Concur. That was my point above, in that, Russia would be forced to use nukes because she doesn't have anything else capable of stopping the horde if they decide to cross the border.<br /><br />Russia may have a lot of stuff in inventory, but a great deal of it was abandoned in place, and with the severe finiancial cuts they've had to absorb, Russian conventional forces are not near what they used to be.<br /><br />Add to that their transportation network needs a lot of work to, so getting the troops where they need to go, and keeping them in supply would be a rather Herculian tash, in my estimation.AW1 Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-57105171294642802572010-02-10T04:03:07.000-05:002010-02-10T04:03:07.000-05:00We accept military bases and equipment, if you are...We accept military bases and equipment, if you are short on cash...<br />Russia would use nukes indiscriminately in case of Siberia invasion. Their gas and oil fields are there. Without it Russia would be reduced to less than Ukraine, which at least has great bread basket land. Russians explicitly stated a first use policy in latest national strategy document, "in case of existential threat to the Russian state". Chinese may boast great population, but it's vastly concentrated in the arable land, hence more vulnerability than thought to WMD. And Russians are perfectly fine if half of their nuke-capable bombers go through.ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-18039098780119070142010-02-09T21:10:30.000-05:002010-02-09T21:10:30.000-05:00Actually, I can perfectly visualize China telling ...Actually, I can perfectly visualize China telling the US that she is going to forgive our debt, and, in turn, we will surrender all US territory west of California, and that we terminate all relations with Taiwan.<br /><br /> I can also see China invading north and west into Russia. What would/could Russia do, short of using nukes, to stop China? Not much.<br /><br /> Of course, China could also waltz in the Treasury Department and demand cash for all those bonds.AW1 Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-51171683922157057742010-02-09T12:43:53.000-05:002010-02-09T12:43:53.000-05:00<span><span>Timely post...Seems that s...<span><span>Timely post...Seems that some in China are <span><span><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6183KG20100209" rel="nofollow">not on the Barnett playbook</a></span></span>... <br /> <br />While Dr. Batrnett is seriously smart guy, he pretty much lost me when he called the Mumbai massacre a "system perturbation"... <br /> <br />Just a bit too theoretical for the Real World methinks. <br /> <br />Never underestimate the propensity of humans <span><span><a href="http://www.millionface.com/l/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/mumbai-terrorist-massacre-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">to visit harm upon one another</a></span></span>, no matter the consequences.</span></span>sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-64005967873312165982010-02-09T12:42:05.000-05:002010-02-09T12:42:05.000-05:00<span>Timely post...Seems that some in China...<span>Timely post...Seems that some in China are <span><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6183KG20100209" rel="nofollow">not on the Barnett playbook</a></span>... <br /> <br />While Dr. Batrnett is seriously smart guy, he pretty much lost me when he called the Mumbai massacre a "system perturbation"... <br /> <br />Just a bit too theoretical for the Real World methinks. <br /> <br />Never underestimate the propensity of humans <span><a href="http://www.millionface.com/l/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/mumbai-terrorist-massacre-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">to visit harm upon one another</a></span>, no matter the </span>sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47903874601063598162010-02-09T12:40:46.000-05:002010-02-09T12:40:46.000-05:00Timely post...Seems that some in China are not on ...Timely post...Seems that some in China are <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6183KG20100209" rel="nofollow">not on the Barnett playbook</a>...<br /><br /><br />While Dr. Batrnett is seriously smart guy, he pretty much lost me when he called the Mumbai massacre a "system perturbation"...<br /><br />Just a bit too theoretical for the Real World methinks.<br /><br />Never underestimate the propensity of humans <a href="http://www.millionface.com/l/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/mumbai-terrorist-massacre-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">to visit harm upon one another</a>, no matter the consequences to themselves....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-1606409360094567212010-02-09T10:40:37.000-05:002010-02-09T10:40:37.000-05:00Our relationship, it's complications and all, ...Our relationship, it's complications and all, rhyme with the Europe that Bismark created, terribly. I want to believe Mr. Barnett when he espouses that connectivity prevents war. But, there is just to much that can go wrong to help me find solace in that notion. The biggest thing I wonder is if China's costal regions and their inland provinces will find themselves in the same relationship that the United Provinces (Netherlands and such) found themselves in back at the turn of the 18th century. Will China be able to hold together? Obviously, that is a bigger concern to them than anything external. Their leaders are constantly stating as such. Feng over at Information Dissemination had a good post last week, and I asked the question if the only thing that is keeping a bloody mess from evolving from our relationship with China is cool heads at the helm of each Nation. YNSNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-36367787933293720752010-02-09T09:54:25.000-05:002010-02-09T09:54:25.000-05:00But then again, it also works to their disadvantag...But then again, it also works to their disadvantage. If anything happens that collapses our economy, our debt-carrier gets left holding the bag. The rope tied around our neck is tied around theirs too. DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-6161368101482477792010-02-09T08:43:46.000-05:002010-02-09T08:43:46.000-05:00definitely "all of your base belongs to us&qu...definitely "all of your base belongs to us" is quite possible. imagine PRC sending harvard-educated lawyers to officially confiscate US carriers in ports!ewok40knoreply@blogger.com