China preparing to make war?

[VMI77]

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013 ... dy-for-War

China's General Staff Headquarters issued a harsh directive on Wednesday to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to prepare for war:

In 2013, the goal set for the entire army and the People's Armed Police force is to bolster their capabilities to fight and their ability to win a war... to be well-prepared for a war by subjecting the army to hard and rigorous training on an actual combat basis.

Although past directives have directed soldiers to be prepared in case of war, this year's directive, for the first time, uses the Chinese word "dazhang," which means "fighting war," and uses it 10 times in the 1000 word directive.

Dai Xu, a Chinese Air Force Colonel, is arguing for a short, decisive war with one of China's neighbors--Vietnam, the Philippines, or Japan--in order to establish sovereignty over the Pacific region without risking war with the United States. This is the "kill a chicken to scare the monkeys" philosophy. According to this theory, America will NOT honor its mutual defense agreements with any of these countries, because the U.S. will not want to risk having its cities destroyed by Chinese ballistic missiles. He points to China's 1962 border clash with India, which China won decisively, leading to decades of peace.

Generational Dynamics predicts that when China makes its move, and that day seems very close, then the war won't end until every nuclear weapon on all sides has been launched against some enemy's targets. By the end of the war, there could be some 3 billion deaths, leaving 4 billion of so survivors to carry on and try to rebuild the world.

[howdy]

That's really cheerful. I guess I won't be needing all those bullets I bought.

[VMI77]

That's really cheerful. I guess I won't be needing all those bullets I bought.

Depends on where you live I guess. If you live in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, or Austin, you may or may not.

[anygunanywhere]

Heh heh heh.

The hits just keep on coming.

Anygunanywhere

[sjfcontrol]

Soooooo... The Aztecs were only off by a month or so?

[VMI77]

Soooooo... The Aztecs were only off by a month or so?

Well, it does say prepare in 2013, so, could be 12 months or more.

[Andrew]

The harangue is cyclical http://rense.com/general38/conflict.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (from 2003) and to a large degree economic, here's a link that discusses china's economy and military funding almost 4 years ago. http://www.brookings.edu/research/opini ... ry-gunness" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; economically things have only gotten worse since then.

[VMI77]

The harangue is cyclical http://rense.com/general38/conflict.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (from 2003) and to a large degree economic, here's a link that discusses china's economy and military funding almost 4 years ago. http://www.brookings.edu/research/opini ... ry-gunness" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; economically things have only gotten worse since then.

Which raises the question --do you then lash out before your power wanes further? Of course, the statements of the PLA may also just be psychological warfare. My son speaks Chinese and has spent a lot of time in China. He loves it there too, but he also says that there is so much shoddy workmanship and incompetence and corruption that it is very difficult to accomplish much of anything. He was unimpressed by Chinese technological prowess. The Chinese people he has talked to --mostly the educated class in Beijing-- also have little to no understanding of American culture (which could be a bad thing in this context). He didn't notice any appetite for conflict with Americans among the people --though there is still lingering hatred for the Japanese because of what they did to China in WW2. I'm inclined to think aggressive Chinese military action is unlikely until US power is severely weakened.

[Purplehood]

I think there may be more truth than we care to think in the possibility of China knocking-off a small neighbor within the next decade. In fact, this may be the best time for them to do it considering our current management.

[AggieMike]

Well one way to "fix" China would be simply to stop all imports....that would sting a little bit if you look around your house (not talking your guns).

[VMI77]

Well one way to "fix" China would be simply to stop all imports....that would sting a little bit if you look around your house (not talking your guns).

I bought a cheap pump shotgun at Walmart awhile back and it was made in China.

[Robert*PPS]

Well this is just great.....got the Feds and Blue Helmets comin' to get my guns, and then the Chinese will start stuff, sparking off the war of the century....can we at least wait til after spring time fishin'?!?!?!