[extropy-chat] Re: Nam

[J. Andrew Rogers]

Dirk wrote:
> You think Bush would be cheering if the Chinese offered half a million 
> troops to provide the UN with real teeth?


If you'd thought about this for more than half a second, you would
realize that the US is the only one that can do it because the US is the
only country left that can project significant military and logistical
force beyond its own borders.  Even the UK is a shadow of what it could
do a couple decades ago in the force projection arena, and they are the
runner-up.

The Chinese have zero ability to project military force beyond
immediately adjacent territories on their land borders.  It is absurd
that you would even suggest that the Chinese could provide "teeth" to
the UN, unless the UN needs troops on the Chinese border.  Wishing
otherwise does not make it reality.

The canard about a mighty Chinese military will stay a canard for at
least another decade or two, so get used to the idea.


j. andrew rogers