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Originally Posted by techweenie
Well, I think that if China was the 'behind the scenes' player you think it is, there would be no reason for the massive military buildup going on there.
And the old notion about trying to be a 'gorilla' of any type is not relevant in a world where a guy in a cave with a few thousand followers can effect change and damage as happened on 9/11 and in the laws of our nation thereafter.
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Part of the reason nations have large standing armys is that it provides internal security employment to the unemployed both in the military and defense industry. China is trying to modernize itself and to do that they have to have credibilty militarily. One reason is that with a modern military they can not be bullied around by a powerfull nation with a large military.
Your second point was made mute by my previous statement, which I reiterate.
"The embodiment of the American Empire is Economic Globalization. The enemy of that embodiment is not China, India nor Russia. The enemy is the countervailing idea that Gods law trumps secular economic globalization. "