[extropy-chat] Re: Nam

[J. Andrew Rogers]

Avantguardian wrote:
> Actually the Chinese COULD be the teeth of the U.N. if
> the U.S. would be so kind as to be the legs and give
> them a ride.


And provide the logistics.  Doing things this way would not save much US
money, though perhaps it would save a few US soldier lives at the
expense of a great many more Chinese soldier lives.  The Chinese
military is not exactly professional in the sense most expect with a
modern western military -- the results won't be equivalent.

But that would require that Chinese soldiers be under direct US command
for all intents and purposes, and I do not see the Chinese going along
with that any time soon.  You'll notice that the countries that do
regularly go into real combat operations together have long experience
working together under joint commands, and when it involves the US,
usually under US battle management.


cheers,

j. andrew rogers