On Sat, 2023-04-08 at 09:55 +1000, Kim Holburn wrote: > Good heavens. So much silliness it's hard to know where to start.
Yes. > Why would China want to invade such a far away and difficult place, > especially when they already own a lot of it? One day, maybe, we will learn that the best way to avoid conflict is to give people what they need - not out of fear, but because they need it. Not to bind them or control them, but because they need it. And if what they need is not to fear, then work to remove their fear. Not necessarily a simple thing to do, but it's the only sustainable thing. Regardless of the cost, it is always cheaper than conflict. And the cool thing is that almost anything done in genuine good faith will work. > Just not going to happen and the logistics mean it's a not a fight we > couldn't win. Disagree. It would definitely be a fight we could not win, and nor could the Chinese. The loss would be indescribable. Any outcome, even if the end result was not one Chinese boot left on the continent, would be a loss. When are we going to learn that you can't win a war? You can only finish one. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer ([email protected]) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
