• DominusOfMegadeus
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    10 months ago

    And this is a war the U.S. will not or cannot win for many reasons. Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was correct when he warned that anyone considering fighting a land war in Asia “needed to have his or her mind examined.”

    It is one of the classic blunders, after all, the second being never going against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

    • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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      110 months ago

      What land war? China is essentially a coastal country. There’s not a great way to invade China by land unless you’re Mongolia.