China - Striking the US where it hurts (Asia Times)

[AnnieBW]

I posted this in National Security, but someone suggested that I cross-post it to GD. This is a long, two-part article from the Asia Times. The author is a General from the Philippines who was educated in the US, and also has knowledge of the Chinese and Russian militaries. It's basically how China, Russia, and Iran could team up to defeat the US if war were to break out in either Iran or Taiwan. Scary stuff. He ends it by saying WAKE UP, AMERICA!!

AMERICA'S ACUPUNCTURE POINTS
PART 1: Striking the US where it hurts
By Victor N Corpus

A noted Chinese theorist on modern warfare, Chang Mengxiong, compared China's form of fighting to "a Chinese boxer with a keen knowledge of vital body points who can bring an opponent to his knees with a minimum of movements". It is like key acupuncture points in ancient Chinese medicine. Puncture one vital point and the whole anatomy is affected. If America ever goes to war with China, say, over Taiwan, then America should be prepared for the following "acupuncture points" in its anatomy to be "punctured". Each of the vital points can bring America to its knees with a minimum of effort.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HJ19Ad01.html

[Shakespeare]

1. Napolean said (and oh, how right he was)....

"When China wakes, it will shake the world."

[sweetheart]

2. power systems are vulnerable, indeed

a simple targetting of all global fuel shipping would set the petrol economy on its knees indeed.

That's the problem with centrallization of power systems, like computing systems, peer to peer,
has proven superior to master-slave mainframe thinking, and in new war, where information is total,
the cloaque of deception is not what it was, and rather, it is in plurality of instance, in the
organizm's inherent flexibility to adapt and still to attain enlightenment, that is all that is
valuable.

[mediaman007]

3. He forgot that Bush* knows Chuck Norris...I saw Norris take out

lots of guys when he was in the Delta Force with Lee Marvin. (sarcasm, but I bet that is how Bush* thinks)

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. This is what I'm really scared of.

"4 Attack on the US dollar
One of the pillars propping up US superpower status and worldwide economic dominance is the dollar being accepted as the predominant reserve currency. Central banks of various countries have to stock up dollar reserves because they can only buy their oil requirements and other major commodities in US dollars.

This US economic strength, however, is a double-edged sword and can turn out to be America's economic Achilles' heel. A run of the US dollar, for instance, which would cause a dollar free-fall, can bring the entire US economy toppling down.

What is frightening for the US is the fact that China, Russia and Iran possess the power to cause a run on the US dollar and force its collapse."

[Old and In the Way]

5. Coincidence that the Bush family just bought 100,000 acres in Paraguay?

Good insurance and a good investment. I wonder if 11/8 will arrive and George and Laura are amongst the missing?
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={2DA7BAE4-061B-49B6-983F-3D69A4396E37}&language=EN

[killbotfactory]

6. We will gladly sell you the rope to hang us with

the corporate way

[Old and In the Way]

7. Here's the link to Part 2

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HJ20Ad01.html

I'm really glad we have people who think we are militaristically invincible running our government.

[lcordero2]

8. Imagine if...

The rest of the world decides that we should pay reparations to a long list of nations.