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Don't think about it as an invasion, think about it as a front. There have been historical times when the US-- essentially strategically secure-- has had a fro
by georgeecollins 5y ago
Don't think about it as an invasion, think about it as a front.
There have been historical times when the US-- essentially strategically secure-- has had a front to fight with Canada (1812) or Mexico (1849). Most recently, the civil war in Mexico (1917) had a large number of US troops fighting along the border right before the start of the US entry in the First World War.
(the Germans realized this was the strategic weakness of the US, which prompted the Zimmerman telegram.)
In a similar way China can be dragged down by wars in Vietnam, Burma, Korea, or India / Himalayas. Will it lose? No. But like the US and Mexico, a war at your border can make projection of power infeasible.
- kasperni 5y agoWhat I was trying to say was that the author completely misses the point about crackdowns in Tibet and Xinjiang. This has nothing to do with external threats to the Han population. And everything to do with internal threats to the integrity of the empire instead. Runaway provinces must be kept in order. That's how it has been for centuries.
- babesh 5y agoI am not expert but I read that there were Ughyur uprisings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_conflict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_conflict Also, I read that the US/China competition includes a US containment strategy. https://cejiss.org/the-united-states-china-containment-strategy-and-the-south-china-sea-dispute https://cejiss.org/the-united-states-china-containment-strat...
- kwere 5y ago> I am not expert but I read that there were Ughyur uprisings. They must have said that pork is haram!
- rat87 5y agoThe US didn't have a standing army in the war of 1812, there's no comparison to today Germany didn't realize anything. WW1 Germany were extremely foolish wrt the Zimmermann telegram. Mexico had absolutely no hope of seriously fighting America at that point and the only thing the Telegram did or could do was to bring America into the war against Germany. And then when British spies leaked it Germany admitted it and America declared war on Germany