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Originally Posted by tabs
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. "
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Tabs, I'm less concerned about China's "large standing army" than I am their naval buildup. There is no possible 'internal security' dividend from a naval buildup.
It's 'moot' not 'mute.' However, your statement did not make mine moot, unless your opinion now is absolute, objective truth.
I stand by my claim that a minor figure with a few thousand followers triggered damage to the US -- and the founding concepts of the nation -- more than any superpower ever did.