09-16-2020, 05:21 PM
(09-16-2020, 04:51 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(09-16-2020, 11:59 AM)Tim Randal Walker Wrote: The resources/assets of Southeast Asia have long been of interest to outside powers.
Awhile back I came across a web site that suggested that SE Asia will be contested by China and Japan.
I’m not so sure it is cost effective to use violence to acquire resources and territory anymore. A point I often make. Nukes. Insurgent proxy wars. China may not have figured it out yet. Most of their neighbors are nervous. They are a potent force, but they have antagonized a lot of people.
Wars of aggression are problematic these days, though.
H-m-m-m. China is all elbows. I doubt they plan to march the Red Army anywhere, when they can just get their way by being overbearing. Making the shipping lanes less user friendly to some and more friendly to others is more in line with their methods. And any country that does a deal with them should expect to be squeezed on a regular basis.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.
