Posted by
Reeson on Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:04:17 PM
I don't think there's any doubt that China is the greatest conventional threat facing U.S. forces in the long-term. Excerpts from
RealClearPolitics:
By Richard Halloran
While American political leaders and citizens are concentrating their attention on Iraq, the Chinese appear to have embarked on a long-range plan intended to challenge the United States for military superiority in Asia.
The U.S. National Intelligence director, John Negroponte, reinforced that view on Thursday, telling the Senate Intelligence Committee: "We assess that China's aspirations for great-power status, threat perceptions and security strategy would drive this modernization effort even if the Taiwan problem were resolved." Taiwan is the disputed island off the China coast over which Beijing claims sovereignty.
Richard Halloran, a free lance writer in Honolulu, was a military correspondent for The New York Times for ten years. He can be reached at
oranhall@hawaii.rr.com