US strategy could result in nuclear war (with China)

[bananas]

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/us-strategy-could-result-in-nuclear-war-20130414-2htn8.html

US strategy could result in nuclear war
April 15, 2013
David Wroe
Defence correspondent

A US military strategy being mapped out to deal with the growing power of China in the western Pacific - a plan that would inevitably involve Australia - could escalate into a nuclear war, a leading think tank has warned.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has written in a new paper that the fashionable ''AirSea Battle'' concept, which Washington strategists are developing to keep the US's grip on its sea and air power near China, contains ''uncertainties and potential shortfalls'' that could heighten the nuclear risk.

The paper, written by the institute's senior analyst for defence strategy, Benjamin Schreer, urges the Australian government to keep a cautious distance from the plan for now. Australia would likely play a role in the strategy, particularly with US Marines stationed in Darwin. The plan assumes any conflict between the US and China - most likely over Taiwan or Chinese skirmishing with Japan - would remain below the level of nuclear strikes.

But Dr Schreer writes that "such an outcome is far from certain". Part of any US plan to strike at China would involve "blinding" the People's Liberation Army by hitting its surveillance, intelligence and command systems.

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[JayhawkSD]

1. So, think tanks write papers

That doesn't mean anyone should pay attention to those papers.

[yurbud]

2. no. they should keep listening to the neocons and other hawks in Washington who have done so well

predicting the outcome of our recent wars.

[yurbud]

3. when it comes to defense policy, a schizophrenic homeless guy covered in his own excrement

is more likely to make an accurate assessment than the "experts" in Washington.

[AverageJoe90]

4. Can you say, "fearmongering", anyone?

TBH, I really don't give two fucking shits that this is from an Australian think-tank. Even the mere mention of the supposed possibility of a nuclear war, should tell you that something is amiss with this study. This isn't 1983, ladies and gentlemen, there is no real possibility of a state-sponsored nuclear war between the Great Powers now; China is way too dependent on the U.S. for exports, and vice versa; even a limited exchange would destroy the economies of both nations(China in particular, but us too.)

We should be focusing more on Iran & North Korea, two countries that actually pose a legitimate, state-sponsored nuclear threat to the United States & her allies.