HollywoodBQ said:

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I'm guessing you've never worn the uniform and never worked with Chinese or Indians.

I've done all 3. Especially Indians every day for the past 15 years.

We have unmatched lethal capabilities and unmatched command, control and communications.

We're probably behind in things like drones but we're adapting. And like 9/11, we've still got a few glaring holes in our domestic security.

India is never going to amount to anything. They've got 1.4B people but the only ones who are the fighters are the Sikhs.

China, how are they going to project a human wave attack across the Pacific?

The only thing China can do is attack Taiwan, finish destroying Hong Kong, attack Japan, attack South Korea or attack Australia.

We can spend a decade or so focusing on the USA and let China try to find other markets for their cheap goods.

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ETFan said:

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I think we're big enough, capable enough, to compete on both stages. We always have?

Suddenly we can't because, reasons. It's very odd.

Edit: Always fun coming in on threads where answers are "purge the land of democrats". Alright [nvm]

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LMCane said:

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if we didn't care anymore about China...


why is the Navy building a huge amount of new ships?

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Gigem_94 said:

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I'm not sure which is more credible - Politico or the National Enquirer.

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There is rumor that the new priority for the upcoming National Defense Strategy is the homeland and Americas with China and the Pacific taking a backseat.

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infinity ag said:

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HollywoodBQ said:

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I'm guessing you've never worn the uniform and never worked with Chinese or Indians.

I've done all 3. Especially Indians every day for the past 15 years.

We have unmatched lethal capabilities and unmatched command, control and communications.

We're probably behind in things like drones but we're adapting. And like 9/11, we've still got a few glaring holes in our domestic security.

India is never going to amount to anything. They've got 1.4B people but the only ones who are the fighters are the Sikhs.

China, how are they going to project a human wave attack across the Pacific?

The only thing China can do is attack Taiwan, finish destroying Hong Kong, attack Japan, attack South Korea or attack Australia.

We can spend a decade or so focusing on the USA and let China try to find other markets for their cheap goods.

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This is part of the racist British "martial races" theory which is just a ploy to divide and rule. Didn't work though. Don't make the same mistake. Idiot Navarro tried it with the "Brahmins stealing your money" nonsense and he got a lot of hate for it.

Don't under-estimate anyone.

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This isn't AI , it's real video, Indian Army doing Military Parade 😃😃😃
pic.twitter.com/nWqK9bVLO5

— Shadowed News 🗞️ (@shadowed_news) April 27, 2025

At the India Pakistan border

...both armies perform elaborate war dances in front of spectators to demonstrate

...high testosterone and war prowess. pic.twitter.com/rOk0yEmRM1

— Tablesalt 🇨🇦 (@Tablesalt13) January 5, 2025

nortex97 said:

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The Indian military is not a particularly credible combat force, imho, and certainly not a threat to American/Sino interests, regardless of their caste structure(s).

This isn't AI , it's real video, Indian Army doing Military Parade 😃😃😃
pic.twitter.com/nWqK9bVLO5

— Shadowed News 🗞️ (@shadowed_news) April 27, 2025

At the India Pakistan border

...both armies perform elaborate war dances in front of spectators to demonstrate

...high testosterone and war prowess. pic.twitter.com/rOk0yEmRM1

— Tablesalt 🇨🇦 (@Tablesalt13) January 5, 2025

Just posting that for laughs. My favorite part was the guy/gal on a laptop at the start.

Again, we have other priorities. I do hope an Indian trade deal is somehow worked out. It seems to have been 'back-burnered.' There are things Trump could accomplish that would be very beneficial to us long term, and I have no enmity for the people of India, who continue to largely battle the threat from the (much worse) folks over in Pakistan/Bangladesh to a large degree.

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Yes. So China is still a big priority. The Pentagon is preparing to fight one major war and that is with China, not drug cartels. The budget, posture and personnel will be designed with China in mind. (Not Russia though. That’s the big change) https://t.co/LREu0WbLbI

— Ken Moriyasu (@kenmoriyasu) September 8, 2025

GMaster0 said:

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/05/pentagon-national-defense-strategy-china-homeland-western-hemisphere-00546310

There is rumor that the new priority for the upcoming National Defense Strategy is the homeland and Americas with China and the Pacific taking a backseat.

This is important because it prioritizes what we build, how we train, who we train with and where we focus efforts. While not signed yet and could change, it was informed by the administration.

I believe this would be a critical mistake and cede huge advantages we have with industry, alliances, technology and military domains. We are in great power competition and losing against a rival with greater capacity, but we also have a huge advantage with many allies in the region that we could leverage these multiple tools of power. Recent diplomatic efforts have counteracted this narrative by pushing India closer to our rivals after courting Indian interests for years.

The new NDS if signed will further distance us from
competition that balances with China and yield further ground to this rival.

Thoughts and opinions? Appreciate if we can keep critical thinking applied.

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gbaby23 said:

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Good riddance to India. They were never an ally. They were just hoping to infiltrate and co-opt for their own benefit once they had the requisite numbers in America. That is why they, along the Chinese and every other fifth column foreign group, need to be deported.

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FCBlitz said:

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gbaby23 said:

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Good riddance to India. They were never an ally. They were just hoping to infiltrate and co-opt for their own benefit once they had the requisite numbers in America. That is why they, along the Chinese and every other fifth column foreign group, need to be deported.

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We need India…..stop being sensitive to collection. Everyone does it.

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infinity ag said:

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HollywoodBQ said:

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I'm guessing you've never worn the uniform and never worked with Chinese or Indians.

I've done all 3. Especially Indians every day for the past 15 years.

We have unmatched lethal capabilities and unmatched command, control and communications.

We're probably behind in things like drones but we're adapting. And like 9/11, we've still got a few glaring holes in our domestic security.

India is never going to amount to anything. They've got 1.4B people but the only ones who are the fighters are the Sikhs.

China, how are they going to project a human wave attack across the Pacific?

The only thing China can do is attack Taiwan, finish destroying Hong Kong, attack Japan, attack South Korea or attack Australia.

We can spend a decade or so focusing on the USA and let China try to find other markets for their cheap goods.

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This is part of the racist British "martial races" theory which is just a ploy to divide and rule. Didn't work though. Don't make the same mistake. Idiot Navarro tried it with the "Brahmins stealing your money" nonsense and he got a lot of hate for it.

Don't under-estimate anyone.

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YouBet said:

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I'm going to copy and paste a post I made almost 4 years ago on this topic. Maybe Trump saw my post and used it as blueprint. Ha.:




Considering the state of global geopolitics and its relative breakdown as US imperial hegemony wanes, I would propose and adamantly argue that our priorities should shift and shift dramatically. I think our priorities from a regional perspective should be the following:

1. America First
Really all that matters. If we don't defeat the Democrats and completely destroy them then everything after this is moot.

2. Western Hemisphere
Completely and utterly neglected. We are going to have more in common culturally and ethnically with people in this hemisphere than we do with people in the Old World here in just a few years. This is already true in the southern half of the USA.

We have massive security issues with human smuggling, hard core drugs that can kill you instantly (fentanyl), and general degradation of citizenship right now...today. Forsaking our own southern border and sovereignty on one hand while blustering about the sovereignly of other countries on the other side of the world is one of the more hypocritical and galling things I've seen in a while.

We have a burgeoning Nazi leftist regime in Canada that is now cutting people out of society for wrong think. Canada needs to be sanctioned and punished for this.

We could dramatically improve our supply chain with re-shoring or near-shoring back to the Western Hemisphere negating China's influence.

Untold raw resources not being leveraged.

We have multiple failed states (Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti) that directly impact us which we do nothing about until we are absolutely forced to and even then, that's halfhearted. If we are going to spend aid money, then cut all funds for Old World and redirect over here.

3. Asia
China is our largest enemy and is actively at war with us on non-traditional fronts.

Taiwan is an IT chokepoint for the entire planet making them a critical strategic priority for us at least until we get our own chip production ramped up. Will take several years to offset dependency though.

Japan is arguably our #1 ally or should be considering they are one of the few countries left on the planet that has any common sense left (see COVID). They have a top 2 Navy on the planet and are critical to containing China in their region.

India is the largest "democracy" on the planet and a key ally we should be courting to offset China.

Shockingly, we are with open eyes walking into a marriage with Satan (China) when it comes to mandating EV usage in this country. China has a near monopoly on the raw resources required to meet this mandate and there is really no alternative on the horizon. It's one of the most ridiculous, known strategic blunders in modern American history and we are actively pursuing it. See Russian puppetry of Germany right now for immediate analogy.

4. Europe
Currently, still our top priority or arguably 1B behind 1A Asia for no other reason than "it's what we've always done". It's a classic business management blunder on a global scale.

Europe produces 70-80% the GDP of the US making them the second largest economic area on the planet. They have 100M more people than the US. Comparatively, to Russia, this puts their GDP anywhere from 14x to 18x the GDP of Russia and 4x the population.

If Russia is their boogeyman, Europe has the resources and capabilities to more than counter Russia if they wanted to.

There is zero reason or excuse for us to be as committed in Europe to the level we are currently considering their massive gains in economic prowess and untapped capability.

5. Africa
Not much to go on here other than we know China is trying to take it over for resources.

I would ensure we do things that don't just give them unfettered, exclusive access to resources that harden the monopolies they already have.

6. Middle East
Abandon it. Tactical glassing as containment strategy.

Take leash off of Israel and let them own their fate.

Summary: completely rebalance / reallocate resources accordingly to the above list.

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FCBlitz said:

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gbaby23 said:

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Good riddance to India. They were never an ally. They were just hoping to infiltrate and co-opt for their own benefit once they had the requisite numbers in America. That is why they, along the Chinese and every other fifth column foreign group, need to be deported.

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We need India…..stop being sensitive to collection. Everyone does it.

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BusterAg said:

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1) Never get involved in a ground war in Asia.

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