| If it looks like a fish, swims like a fish, and smells like a | | | | Military strategist and China expert Larry M. Wortzel |
| fish, chances are that thing in front of you isn't a giraffe | | | | testified before Congress last week and "set off |
| or an orangutan. Likewise, when a nation looks like it's | | | | alarms" with that testimony. |
| preparing for war, acts like it's preparing for war, and | | | | "Chinese researchers at the Institute of Systems |
| speaks like it's preparing for war, it's very likely that | | | | Engineering of Dalian University of Technology," |
| nation is anticipating a war in the very foreseeable | | | | Wortzel said, "published a paper on how to attack a |
| future. | | | | small U.S. power grid sub-network in a way that would |
| The People's Republic of China, the PRC, that ancient | | | | cause a cascading failure of the entire U.S." |
| land of 1.3 billion inscrutable people, hasn't quite been | | | | The author of the paper "said he and his professor |
| speaking in warlike terms but every other indication is | | | | had indeed published "Cascade-Based Attack |
| that it is readying itself for a cataclysmic conflict from | | | | Vulnerability on the U.S. Power Grid"... But said he had |
| which it alone will emerge still standing. | | | | simply been trying to find ways to enhance the stability |
| Realistically, the only opponent capable of taking China | | | | of power grids by exploring potential vulnerabilities. |
| on is the only superpower left on the planet, the United | | | | "We usually say 'attack' so you can see what would |
| States of America. | | | | happen," he said. "My emphasis is on how you can |
| Am I predicting a coming thermonuclear war between | | | | protect this. My goal is to find a solution to make the |
| the PRC and the USA? Yes. And I further believe our | | | | network safer and better protected:" |
| country is well aware of that future and is doing | | | | That presupposes that anyone would believe first, that |
| nothing substantive to prevent it from happening | | | | any research conducted in China would be pure |
| despite its probability. | | | | research free of government oversight and direction |
| Will China initiate that conflict, as in a Japanese-style | | | | and second, that the researchers would be looking out |
| sneak attack? I highly doubt that mainly because | | | | for the safety and protection of America's power |
| there's no need. | | | | grids. |
| China is now in a position to wait until we collapse | | | | Anyone believing that mishmash would be an excellent |
| economically and then gradually infiltrate itself into our | | | | candidate for purchasing the Washington Monument. |
| affairs even more so than it already has. | | | | Another development is RNHEF. |
| If and when push comes to shove and the conflict | | | | RNHEF is the stock symbol for Renhe Commercial |
| evolves into a military face-off, the Chinese know they | | | | Holdings Company Limited, a "cheap Chinese based |
| have two strategic advantages, their population which | | | | stock in [Forbes] list of THE BEST STKS TO BUY |
| is quadruple ours and their land mass of 3.7 million | | | | FOR 2010... It builds air-raid shelters for Chinese gov. |
| square miles, a 700,000 greater square mile area than | | | | and has no debt and pays 6 % div... They have NO |
| our lower 48 states. | | | | competition and get this. They use the air raid centers |
| Aside from what's been in the news for the last few | | | | (all located UNDER major hwys for shopping malls and |
| years, reports of China pouring billions of yuan into | | | | get 80% of stall/shop rents:" |
| building up its military and developing its first viable navy | | | | That Stockhouse analysis considers RNHEF "a no |
| in modern times, its stranglehold on America's treasury | | | | brainer" for purchase. |
| and domination of our domestic product supply, its | | | | It's also a no brainer for any thinking individual: Why |
| initiatives in Africa and Latin America, and its overt | | | | would China be building a massive millitary strike force, |
| moves to displace the dollar as the world's reserve | | | | extending its reach throughout the globe, manipulating |
| currency, two other recent developments have come | | | | the U.S. economy, plotting an attack on our electric grid, |
| to light that may clarify the Chinese intentions. | | | | and building fall out shelters? |