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While you might be right, this sounds like classic cognitive dissonance. Instead of accepting that China is a fast rising military/economic power, let's rather
by jcbrand 14y ago
While you might be right, this sounds like classic cognitive dissonance. Instead of accepting that China is a fast rising military/economic power, let's rather just believe that they're bluffing.
- joonix 14y agoIt's better to lean towards bluffing than to overreact and expand our military spending unnecessarily and rapidly bankrupt ourselves.
- greedo 14y agoMilitary intelligence is generally focused on capabilities, not intentions. Intentions don't matter if there's no capability of acting.
- adastra 14y agoThese straw-man arguments are the reason why I don't post on Hacker News more often. Where did I say ignore China's rise as a power? I'm basically just saying: don't panic. The US lead in aerospace isn't going away any time soon, we are farther ahead of the rest of the world than most people give us credit for. We first tested the F-22 in 1990. You know when the F-22 first saw combat? It hasn't yet. For 22 years no one has anything that we would even use it against. If you want something to be concerned about, China's IP transfer requirements for companies doing business there and the cyber-attacks on our defense contractors should be more than enough to keep you busy.