Pentagon talks up the China threat

Pentagon talks up the China threat

from Asia Times Online

Much as the Pentagon is big on subjunctive ghosts of Chinese military threats to come, the best that its annual assessment of the Chinese armed forces' capabilities could present was that the pace and scope of buildup is "potentially destabilizing" in the Pacific. Look at the hardware and crunch the numbers on the American and Chinese military budgets and there is no clear and present danger. - David Isenberg (Aug 30, '11)