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To Defeat China in War, Strangle its Economy: Expert
Forbes by David Axe "Editors Pick"
Aug. 24
Cutting off China from its trading partners and sources of oil, natural gas and other resources could be the best, and least costly, way for the United States to defeat China in a major war.
To that end, the U.S. Navy should prepare to blockade China, according to Bradford Dismukes, a retired Navy captain and political scientist. “Globalization has made China, a great continental power, dependent on the use of the sea and thus vulnerable to coercion from the sea,” Dismukes wrote.
Blockade is an ancient strategy. Surround your enemies. Starve and impoverish them.
To that end, the U.S. Navy should prepare to blockade China, according to Bradford Dismukes, a retired Navy captain and political scientist. “Globalization has made China, a great continental power, dependent on the use of the sea and thus vulnerable to coercion from the sea,” Dismukes wrote.
Blockade is an ancient strategy. Surround your enemies. Starve and impoverish them.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/08/24/to-defeat-china-in-war-strangle-its-economy/#677bda7131a9
Forbes? Editors Pick? Loved this part, "That’s easier said than done, of course. Blockading China would require a coordinated effort by the whole of the U.S. government and its closest allies." Which allies are going to participate?
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