Friday, November 18, 2005
Technothrillers Come To Life
I love "technothrillers" - those are books by guys like Tom Clancy. They are about war or near war and feature the best our military and intellegence communities have to offer. They are usually written by people that have done a lot of research, and while fictious they are generally based on the scenarios of likely conflict that the military and intellegence communities are currently investigating.
Several of them have come out in the last few years based on the extensive build-up of Chinese power in the Panama. They are coming dangerously close to taking control of the canal. (Thanks Jimmy, letting go of that thing was another of your more "brilliant" ideas)
Cheat Seeking Missles took a look yesterday at the current Chinese bid to take over an abandoned US air base in Panama and the fact that the State Department does not appear to be up on this little development.
Does anybody remember the Cuban Missle Crisis? Do we really need the Chinese to have basing capabilities within a couple hour flight of our mainland?
Several of them have come out in the last few years based on the extensive build-up of Chinese power in the Panama. They are coming dangerously close to taking control of the canal. (Thanks Jimmy, letting go of that thing was another of your more "brilliant" ideas)
Cheat Seeking Missles took a look yesterday at the current Chinese bid to take over an abandoned US air base in Panama and the fact that the State Department does not appear to be up on this little development.
Does anybody remember the Cuban Missle Crisis? Do we really need the Chinese to have basing capabilities within a couple hour flight of our mainland?
