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ARTICLE: “Pentagon Report Assails China’s Military Buildup,” by Jay Solomon, Wall Street Journal, 24 May 2006, p. A3.
ARTICLE: “China Raises Fuel Prices Again But Remains Below World Levels,” by Shai Oster, Wall Street Journal, 24 May 2006, p. A6.
The Pentagon’s latest report on spending in China notes ominously that the Chinese seem intent on two things: building a high-tech military capable of fighting short, high-tech wars (like we do on a regular basis) and extending its power projection reach for the long-term goal of protecting its sea lines of energy importation (imagine that!).
Where do you think the Chinese learn such things? Obviously, they model their military on our own, because we’re the Microsoft of militaries and we show how a great power deals with a dependency on imported energy. So voila! They copy us. Unbelievable.
Just as amazing, we assume that any such development is a direct threat to us.
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