Comment by Spooky23

Comment by Spooky23 a day ago

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The China narrative is pure nonsense. You always have guys like Gordon Chang pushing alternating stories about the coming collapse of China, followed by a scary hegemonic whatever.

adastra22 a day ago

Regardless of whether you believe the China narrative is true or not (that is to say, whether China will actually do this or not), it is driving US policy.

  • Spooky23 21 hours ago

    Well, these guys have literally been saying the same crap for 30 years, so it’s a good bet they are full of it.

    You’re reading a lot into the US right now. US policy in 2025 is more about which member of the whack pack is the alpha gorilla than anything else.

    • adastra22 20 hours ago

      In the executive branch. Congress has more say in setting defense acquisition policy.