Generational Dynamics World View

[Cynic Hero '86]

(06-28-2019, 01:37 PM)Tim Randal Walker Wrote: I first became interested in geopolitics when I read The Coming War With Japan by George Friedman.  In one sense the book doesn't quite fit the present-I don't believe that in the near future we will see war between Japan and the United States.  But the list of geopolitical goals he listed-based on geography-remains.

And Japan's geopolitical goals are in conflict with China's attempt to dominate east Asia.

That book was written in the 1980s i believe, back then Japan was still economically strong and china was relatively weak and also menaced by the soviets. Today china is much stronger though, John however overestimates Chinese internal fractures, when in fact the majority of the populace over there strongly support CCP rule which is perceived to have modernized their country.

Another book written in the 1980s was the book "China's War with Vietnam, 1979: Issues, Decisions, and Implications" By King C. Chen written in 1987. Boomer globalists claiming that China bullying Vietnamese fishermen is somehow an American issue need to remember their own statements from a little more than 30 years ago on exactly this same subject. Back then globalists were very happy with Chinese activity in the South China Sea.

https://books.google.com/books?id=vY4tBf...ea&f=false

The southeast Asian countries if they want to stop being bullied by China, need to build up their own militaries and own WMD arsenals instead of trying to outsource their defense over to the US. Boomer globalists might believe in such nonsensical "principles" of intervention without benefit but the rest of the American Citizenry does not.

Regarding the current Iran crisis: While trump may at first glance be critized by "blinking" by both the right and the left, he may very well be reedeeming himself if he really has the motive indicated in his recent tweet a few days ago.

Here is the relevant tweet:
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/stat...2878410752