Steve Skojec

Let’s face it - China is still a far bigger threat to the United States than Islam and it’s rag-tag band of cavemen with machine guns and Semtex will ever be. The minute Taiwan decides it’s done with the oppressive rhetoric from Beijing - a minute that could come in their 2012 elections - we’re going to have decide if we want to put up or shut up regarding our alliance with them.

Today, The Air Force Times has a story on China’s own plans for such a conflict. China isn’t exactly keeping their plans secret. They want to develop a first-strike capability against our Pacific assets, and are not opposed to using the EMP effects of a nuclear detonation over the pacific to scramble electronics, or to shooting down our satellites or striking our air bases. In a heartening note, China’s own published materials on this mention that if they don’t move quickly they will lose a head-to-head battle with the US-of-A, a conflict they describe as being like “throwing an egg against a rock.”

This strikes me as a ploy. Not unlike the fact that Tom Brady was seen in New York in a walking cast this week - likely a Belichick mind-trap to lull the Giants into a sense of false confidence -  China is trying to sound like they don’t have a chance against our military unless they suckerpunch us first. We definitely have the superior power, but China is no slouch. This is why their ability to neutralize our reconnaissance and air power is vital to them. Without that, we’re definitely outnumbered and possibly out-gunned.

The article is worth a read if you prefer being a realist rather than a Pollyanna patriot.  We’re on a crazy trajectory in this country, and we need to start focusing on solutions to these problems before they are on our doorstep.