China is buying her way into the rest of the world. NO need to buy more equipment of war unless you are talking about computer equipment and the brains to run them.

the ME, well, that may be a different story. China needs oil. They will need more oil in the not so distant future. We may be needed to secure the oil supply for the rest of the world against China.

Then again, if any of the political asshats could join a brain cell or two and get some financing and grants to the academics and innovators WE might not need the ME oil at all—now that would be a good reason to spend money to prevent war —no? We could funnel Pentagon budgets into R&D for clean, renewable energy —the brainpower is there. I have no doubt. But short term profits in weaponry feeds the greedy and those who lust for power.

In Washington D.C. it’s all about votes. ON Wall Street, it’s about money.

What about all their men without women? IIRC, they are exporting them to Afrika where I guess they will find wives.

China is going to win genetically, the West will win culturally.

We are living the Brave New World. Getting stuck in past gripes and paradigms will be our doom.