Chinese Whiners

The Chinese are taking exception to the Pentagon's recent assessment of military ability and possible motives of the People's Republic.

Let's review what the largest Communist state has been up to:

Theft and production of the

Aegis,

a key defender of Aircraft carrier groups.

AEGIS KNOCK-OFF IN CHINESE HARBOR

Refit of the Soviet aircraft carrier, officially to a

casino but it's painted grey...

PRE-REFIT VAYRAG CARRIER

Opening of the new underwater base for

submarine operations...

JIANGGZHUANG SUBMARINE BASE, XIA SUBMARINE

Recent growth in relations between

Beijing and Iran.

CHINESE BUILT SUPERTANKER FOR IRAN

And there's a link here about more questionable relations between

Iran and China.

Americans would have to stick their heads in the dirt not to see a potential problem. Why? Because we (the United States) have pledged to support and defend Taiwanese independence and Beijing still calls Taiwan a "rogue state" that they clearly want back. Not to mention new warm and fuzzies with Iran, perhaps the one country that hates the US more than anyone else in the world except Syria.

I think Shakespeare is the best response: "The lady doth protests too much, methinks."