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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] commies vs marxists was: RE: chinese fires, was:RE: book review<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…The Pentagon, unfortunately, does not share your optimism. Best case scenario is likely that we destroy all of the chip plants:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Pentagon, Chinese analysts agree US can’t win in Taiwan Strait<br>US mulls ‘scorched earth’ strategy for Taiwan instead of defense<br>By DAVID P. GOLDMAN<br>DECEMBER 6, 2022<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dylan do ponder the following scenario: the US military, having been running wargames and simulations, are well aware of the odds. With a stubborn aversion to losing irreplaceable carriers and…like… getting killed, and knowing that the US government has way bigger problems on its collective mind than a mere planet-threatening war on the far side of the Pacific, find a way to keep the carriers out of harm’s way.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Taiwan military, well aware of these war games and sims, recognize they must scuttle those chip fabs. A grenade is tossed into each manufacturing machine. The buildings remain standing but no computer chips will go out any time soon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>