>> then war with China is inevitable and better engaged in now, while the US still enjoys a qualitative advantage
Are you saying that, or are you saying the Mr. Ma is saying that? Because if you are saying that then I'm pretty sure you haven't been following the news since August 6th ... of 1945. What the hell kind of war with China do you think is going to happen, one fought with bubble-gum? War with China means the doomsday clock goes to midnight and we all develop a nice healthy green glow.
If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion and decay, but in some supreme exertion for freedom, for right and for truth.
What's with the war propaganda level rhetoric? How do you even compare world powers jostling for trade advantage with moral dichotomies of "right/truth" and "evil?" Any cursory examination of the practices of American businesses in international trade should immediately dispel any delusion that the US has clean hands in the matter. You're implying here (not very subtly either) that mutually assured nuclear destruction and loss of life in the billions is somehow a reasonable response to an asymmetry in economic advantage between world powers?
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the use of that quote in this context is then advocating nuclear holocaust. If that is what you are trying to say, the next question is then: Are you insane?
Are you saying that, or are you saying the Mr. Ma is saying that? Because if you are saying that then I'm pretty sure you haven't been following the news since August 6th ... of 1945. What the hell kind of war with China do you think is going to happen, one fought with bubble-gum? War with China means the doomsday clock goes to midnight and we all develop a nice healthy green glow.