"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

The Chinese Threat

Threat to Pentagon's rationale for high tech toys?

Memo From Beijing - Quake Revealed Deficiencies of China’s Military - NYTimes.com

"James C. Mulvenon, a specialist on the Chinese military at the Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis, a government contractor in Washington that performs classified analyses on overseas military programs, said the earthquake showed the army’s best and worst sides. It mobilized quickly, but the troops were unprepared to save lives in the first 72 hours, when thousands were buried under toppled masonry and every minute mattered.

“You basically had a bunch of guys humping through the mountains on foot and digging out people with their hands,” Mr. Mulvenon said. “It was not a stellar example of a modern military.”"

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