Quote Originally Posted by Bill Moore View Post
Some member states of the European Union think the U.S. underestimates China as a threat and sees a historical parallel to Nazi Germany's rise.
Who's saying that on the European side? Not saying it isn't so, I just haven't heard it.

Quote Originally Posted by Bill Moore View Post
The most dangerous adversaries we have had historically since the American Revolution have been rotten on the inside (domestic/economic issues) (Nazi Germany, USSR, Iraq, Iran, etc.), but that alone doesn't prevent them from being dangerous. In may in fact make them more dangerous.
It does make them more dangerous. There's no telling what could happen in the event of serious domestic economic upheaval and/or social strife. As much as we dislike the current Chinese order, the last thing we'd want to see would be it's fall, because the most likely successor would be the PLA, in one form or another.

I do suspect that our fears about China may be misdirected in many ways. We hear way too much talk like "if China keeps growing at it's current rate, by 20__ they will uy us all and have us for breakfast. The danger isn't that China will grow forever and swallow the world, the danger is that China will stop growing and go berserk over it.