Military folk are just as keen on resum -building as the rest of us. On the second, the surest way to get into a war with China is to let them slip into a frame of mind where they under-estimate U.S. resolve. Talk to a Chinese any Chinese, the people have been thoroughly brainwashed on this about Taiwan. Oh, they sneer, Americans won t fight to defend Taiwan. That s why they re stuffing their side of the Straits of Formosa with ballistic missiles.
Every war starts with someone s perception of someone else s weakness.
It would be salutary, at this point in a new administration, to give the Chinese a firm, clear demonstration that the U.S. most certainly will fight to defend her interests, to protect her secrets, and to rescue her people. China s behavior so far has been predictably arrogant and lawless. Chinese politicians are going around puffed up like poison toads with bogus indignation, emitting clouds of gassy bluster about the U.S. having violated our air space. Let s show these gangsters what a real violation of Chinese air space looks like. WITH THE U.S. Follow-up.