via Breaking Defense.
Now, we’re accusing their military of criminal acts.” That includes an open-ended charge of “conspiracy” that could potentially entangle more senior Chinese officers and complicate high-level visits to the US.Its obvious.
That said, Cheng added, “note that the Chinese did not take the most obvious retaliatory path, which was to cancel high-level meetings…or participation in RimPac.” That’s not necessarily a good thing, he added: “This would suggest that the information the PLA will obtain from RimPac likely outweighs their diplomatic pique — and should raise questions about just what we’re choosing to show the Chinese.”
Partnership missions are a threat to national security, expose our forces to espionage and does nothing to prevent future conflict.
This whole thing can be traced back to the Rummy time in the DoD. The war in Afghanistan was an all SOCOM affair. Remember the term Special Ops Olympics?
SOCOM brought in any nation that wanted to train with them to battle Islamic terrorist. The idea was that conventional warfare was a thing of the past, SOCOM would lead the way and that Special Ops needed to be on the same page so that they could all operate to crush this threat to the free world.
It didn't work out that way.
SOCOM couldn't get the job done and Conventional Forces were called in so that SOCOM could "go after high value targets" (I stand by that statement and a blog post is coming on the biggest unacknowledged failure of the war in Afghanistan--It should have been a Special Forces Olympics and the rest of SOCOM/Conventional Forces should have stayed out).
General Purpose Forces adopted the ideology and started training and training with questionable units....including the Chinese.
This concept should be dumped post haste....it doesn't work and has a clear track record of failure.
I'm a history major and what I find funny is how a good portion of our enemies that we face now are ones that we have trained ourselves or helped to become better to fight our old enemies during the Cold War. Saddam was once an ally. Osama Bin Laden was once an ally. China was once considered somewhat of an ally against the Soviet Union. For the most part, all three would not have grown into the formidable forces they turned into without the military or economic assistance that came from us. Our old allies that we created have often turned into the enemies of the present and our present day allies should be watched closely before they turn into the enemies of tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThe oddest flip to me is the current US love for Japan coupled with visceral hatred for China. The point is that a great power acting as a national security state must have enemies in order to sustain security and military expenditures domestically, so it's somewhat arbitrary.
DeleteDid the Spartan's cross train with the Persian's?
ReplyDeleteNo.
Did the German's with the French?
Nichts.
Absolutely the stupidest thing ever done was cross train with the US enemies.
It's that old peace lovin' anti war lets all be BFF's forever level the floggin' playing field idiots....AGAIN!
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/05/21/turkey-hands-over-chair-to-china-in-cica
ReplyDeleteTURKEY HANDS OVER LEADERSHIP OF CICA TO CHINA
Turkey hands over leadership of CICA to ChinaSHANGHAI — Turkey has handed over to China the chairmanship of an international forum on Asia after the end of a two-day summit on Wednesday. The fourth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) concluded with statements from former chairman Turkey, new chairman China and founder Kazakhstan. The gathering, hosted by China in the city of Shanghai, sought to enhance cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia, according to the forum's website.
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001297386
Xi calls for Asian security structure without U.S.
SHANGHAI (AP)—China’s president called Tuesday for the creation of a new Asian structure for security cooperation based on a regional group that includes Russia and Iran and excludes the United States.
President Xi Jinping spoke at a meeting in Shanghai of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building measures in Asia, an obscure group that has taken on significance as Beijing tries to extend its influence and limit the role of the United States, which it sees as a strategic rival.
CICA, whose 24 member nations also include South Korea, Thailand and Turkey, should become a “security dialogue and cooperation platform” and should “establish a defense consultation mechanism,” Xi said. He said it should create a “security response center” for major emergencies.
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As soon as Turkey hands over chairmanship of CICA, Xi Jinping hijacks it and wants to transform into Asian version of the Warsaw Pact.
Gentleman, may I introduce Mr. Lind.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/whats-so-special-about-special-ops/
"while there is wide variance within the Special Operations community, most SOF units share the same problems that afflict our conventional forces. They, too, are stuck in the Second Generation of modern war, with an inward-focused culture of order that reduces the complex art of war to putting firepower on targets."
Too much door kicking direct action, not enough thinking
http://midnightexpress2046.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/the-six-wars-to-be-fought-by-china-in-the-coming-50-years/
ReplyDeleteThe above link is a few months old but it rings true today as it did then. This is just a rehash of everything that the Chinese have been saying for the last 10-20 years....secure the second island chain to prevent foriegn forces from getting too close.