The China Challenge and the Formi Takes

Senario condy: One of the scenarios that we may have to deal with in the next perhaps three years is a showdown over tian. John, i don't know if there was a way to deter the alcide in a nine 11 attack but i can think of ways to deter a chinese attack on tian. I actually think that this would be a good time for a significant arms package to tian ah, just to remind the chinese that we are there. But it is really important that we send messages of credibility. It's easy to underestimate the degree to which the last 20 years has built up the tionese armed forces and made sure they could exact a price