Whereas, I see these as warning signs for a country that's in need of a surge in national pride, up against a wall financially and not particularly afraid of what the rest of the world thinks. I don't want to Godwin myself, but that calls post WW1 Germany to mind.
Except national pride is being questioned by a large segment of the populace, being up against the wall has people looking to their own interests rather than beating up brown people overseas, and I think more and more they are realising they give a crap how the world views them. WWI Germany... I think this is a very different case, somehow. I'm not saying I think Obama is the Messiah, but I do think he's easily smart and sane enough to realise that invading mainland China would be a colossal exercise in immediate and humiliating failure. Morale would be shattered, finances would be lower than anyone ever dreamed possible, it proves the US is toothless and decrepit, it throws the gates open to anyone else that wants to take a crack at them, they'd look goddamned stupid... If Bush was President I'd be worried. I can't imagine Obama tying himself in knots to justify war with China. Not unless China invaded them.
Which, actually, if they were gonna make a single suddent and decisive move, would be a good one in order to rewrite the political map.
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Date: 2009-12-17 03:32 am (UTC)Except national pride is being questioned by a large segment of the populace, being up against the wall has people looking to their own interests rather than beating up brown people overseas, and I think more and more they are realising they give a crap how the world views them. WWI Germany... I think this is a very different case, somehow. I'm not saying I think Obama is the Messiah, but I do think he's easily smart and sane enough to realise that invading mainland China would be a colossal exercise in immediate and humiliating failure. Morale would be shattered, finances would be lower than anyone ever dreamed possible, it proves the US is toothless and decrepit, it throws the gates open to anyone else that wants to take a crack at them, they'd look goddamned stupid... If Bush was President I'd be worried. I can't imagine Obama tying himself in knots to justify war with China. Not unless China invaded them.
Which, actually, if they were gonna make a single suddent and decisive move, would be a good one in order to rewrite the political map.