On Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 3:48:02 PM UTC-4, thinbluemime CAN"T KEEP A GOOD MIME DOWN wrote:

> What would you do to avoid a nuclear war with China?

> If you could sacrifice 200,000 Americans to prevent a world-wide nuclear
> holocaust, would you?

> What would you do to prevent Chinese world dominance?

> How far would you go to maintain US hegemony?

> Is the US empire more valuable than a few hundred thousand American lives?

> Can you think intelligently, like the empire's intelligence community?

> Well, punk, can you?

....In this new era of great power competition, who are the adversaries that we need to deter and what do we need to deter them from doing?

ELBRIDGE COLBY: I think that's an excellent question. And I think the right place to start. In fact, that's kind of how I start my book. I would say the states that are threats and the entities that are threats, you know the terrorist threat better than anybody, they haven't really changed all that much. It's more that the scale has changed, particularly because of China. If we go back to the basics, which is one of the things I tried to do in my book, what is American foreign policy and particularly defense policy given it's about, war and peace and loss of life and so forth. What is it fundamentally about? I think it's about the American people's security, freedom and prosperity. Long story short, I think our basic goal is what I think of as an anti-hegemonic one, which is basically we don't want any country or entity to be able to be so dominant in the international system that it could impose its will on our on our way of life and really undermine our way of life. If we look at the world that way, by far the most significant challenge of that happening is China dominating Asia, because Asia is going to be upwards of 50% of global GDP in the coming years. It's kind of the center of the world again after half a millennium. And China's by far the strongest state.

Former Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Elbridge Colby on U.S. ability to win war against China — "Intelligence Matters"
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-ability-to-win-war-against-china-intelligence-matters/

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> stream

The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
Elbridge A. Colby
https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434

https://annas-archive.org/md5/4a5640e5e759114f56a20ebc5daf622e

TAGS: covid was a manufactured crisis to preserve american hegemony

On Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 1:10:18 AM UTC-5, chromebook test wrote:
> On Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 3:48:02 PM UTC-4, thinbluemime CAN"T KEEP A GOOD MIME DOWN wrote:
>
> > What would you do to avoid a nuclear war with China?
>
>
> > If you could sacrifice 200,000 Americans to prevent a world-wide nuclear
> > holocaust, would you?
>
>
> > What would you do to prevent Chinese world dominance?

> > How far would you go to maintain US hegemony?

> > Is the US empire more valuable than a few hundred thousand American lives?
> > Can you think intelligently, like the empire's intelligence community?

> ELBRIDGE COLBY: ...Long story short, I think our basic goal is what I think of as an anti-hegemonic one, which is basically we don't want any country or entity to be able to be so dominant in the international system that it could impose its will on our on our way of life and really undermine our way of life.

> Former Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Elbridge Colby on U.S. ability to win war against China — "Intelligence Matters"

> The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
> Elbridge A. Colby

> https://annas-archive.org/md5/4a5640e5e759114f56a20ebc5daf622e

Elbridge Colby

How should the US adapt its defenses in a world in which it can no longer simply impose its will, above all because of the rise of its first true peer in over a century?

I tried to lay this out in The Strategy of Denial

2:49 PM · Nov 26, 2022

https://twitter.com/ElbridgeColby/status/1596591913334882305

> TAGS: covid was a manufactured crisis to preserve american hegemony

On Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 1:48:16 AM UTC-5, chromebook test wrote:
> On Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 1:10:18 AM UTC-5, chromebook test wrote:
> > On Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 3:48:02 PM UTC-4, thinbluemime CAN"T KEEP A GOOD MIME DOWN wrote:
> >
> > > What would you do to avoid a nuclear war with China?
> >
> >
> > > If you could sacrifice 200,000 Americans to prevent a world-wide nuclear
> > > holocaust, would you?
> >
> >
> > > What would you do to prevent Chinese world dominance?

> > > How far would you go to maintain US hegemony?
>
> > > Is the US empire more valuable than a few hundred thousand American lives?
> > > Can you think intelligently, like the empire's intelligence community?

> > ELBRIDGE COLBY: ...Long story short, I think our basic goal is what I think of as an anti-hegemonic one, which is basically we don't want any country or entity to be able to be so dominant in the international system that it could impose its will on our on our way of life and really undermine our way of life.

> > Former Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Elbridge Colby on U.S. ability to win war against China — "Intelligence Matters"
> > The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
> > Elbridge A. Colby
> > https://annas-archive.org/md5/4a5640e5e759114f56a20ebc5daf622e

> Elbridge Colby
>
> How should the US adapt its defenses in a world in which it can no longer simply impose its will, above all because of the rise of its first true peer in over a century?

The most consequential plausible threat to the American people—in
terms of the devastating consequences if it does happen—is the use of
weapons of mass destruction against the United States. Any nation or entity
that possesses a nuclear weapon could do the most grievous damage to the
United States; it might also be able to achieve comparable damage with
biological or possibly other novel weapons. The United States therefore
needs a defense posture able to deal with the threat those who possess these
weapons pose. Again, because perfect defense is impossible against the
nearly infinite ways such weapons might be employed, deterrence is
generally a critical element of any sensible strategy for dealing with the
problem. And because of their unique destructiveness, promptness, and
other advantages relative to biological weapons, nuclear weapons are a
most suitable implement of deterrence against such a large-scale attack.

The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict , pg 311

> > TAGS: covid was a manufactured crisis to preserve american hegemony

On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:10:15 -0800, chromebook test wrote:

> TAGS: covid was a manufactured crisis to preserve american hegemony

You sure covid wasn't a manufactured crisis to end American power?

On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 8:41:52 PM UTC-5, Pluted Pup wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:10:15 -0800, chromebook test wrote:
>
> > TAGS: covid was a manufactured crisis to preserve american hegemony

> You sure covid wasn't a manufactured crisis to end American power?

If elements within the US Government apparatus had not initiated the Great Reset, beginning with the 2019 viral bomb drop in Wuhan, by 2030 (7 Years from now) it would be IMPOSSIBLE for the USA to catch or compete with China.. If you think being subservient to American AI would be intolerable, imagine Chinese AI.

TAGS: 2019 pending covid deaths in america wasn't an oversight, it wasn't a bug, 'it was a feature', necessary to rally america and its allies in support against China. Is the US empire more valuable than a few hundred thousand American lives?

On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 9:17:42 PM UTC-5, chromebook test wrote:
> On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 8:41:52 PM UTC-5, Pluted Pup wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:10:15 -0800, chromebook test wrote:
> >
> > > TAGS: covid was a manufactured crisis to preserve american hegemony
>
> > You sure covid wasn't a manufactured crisis to end American power?
> If elements within the US Government apparatus had not initiated the Great Reset, beginning with the 2019 viral bomb drop in Wuhan, by 2030 (7 Years from now) it would be IMPOSSIBLE for the USA to catch or compete with China. If you think being subservient to American AI would be intolerable, imagine Chinese AI.
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> TAGS: 2019 pending covid deaths in america wasn't an oversight, it wasn't a bug, 'it was a feature', necessary to rally america and its allies in support against China. Is the US empire more valuable than a few hundred thousand American lives?

BTW, I am NOT condoning what has been suggested. But the reality is, sometimes difficult choices have to be made in the real world in order for long term survival.

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Keep a song in your heart ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ-SwJjkSyw

On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 9:17:42 PM UTC-5, chromebook test wrote:
> On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 8:41:52 PM UTC-5, Pluted Pup wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:10:15 -0800, chromebook test wrote:
> >
> > > TAGS: covid was a manufactured crisis to preserve american hegemony
>
> > You sure covid wasn't a manufactured crisis to end American power?

> If elements within the US Government apparatus had not initiated the Great Reset, beginning with the 2019 viral bomb drop in Wuhan, by 2030 (7 Years from now) it would be IMPOSSIBLE for the USA to catch or compete with China. If you think being subservient to American AI would be intolerable, imagine Chinese AI.
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> TAGS: 2019 pending covid deaths in america wasn't an oversight, it wasn't a bug, 'it was a feature', necessary to rally america and its allies in support against China. Is the US empire more valuable than a few hundred thousand American lives?

Only in the past two years has the US fully grasped that semiconductors are now as central to modern economies as oil.

In the digitizing world, power tools commonly come with Bluetooth chips that track their locations. Appliances have added chips to manage electricity use. In 2021, the average car contained about 1,200 chips worth $600, twice as many as in 2010.

The supply-chain crunch that created a chip shortage brought the lesson home. Auto makers lost $210 billion of sales last year because of missing chips, according to consulting firm AlixPartners. Competition with China has stoked concerns that it could dominate key chip sectors, for either civilian or military uses, or even block U.S. access to components.

Now the government and companies are spending billions on a frenetic effort to build up domestic manufacturing and safeguard the supply of chips.

Chips Are the New Oil and America Is Spending Billions to Safeguard Its Supply
Recent shortages and fears of China’s ambitions to dominate the industry have led to a frenetic effort to rev up U.S. production
Asa Fitch Greg Ip Jan. 14, 2023
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chips-semiconductors-manufacturing-china-taiwan-11673650917

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