2nd March 2022, 7:38 AM
They may also be considering their posture with Russia. Frankly what's been happening in Ukraine has been revealing. On the one hand, yes, Ukraine has been doing everything right, from falling back to allow guerilla tactics and so on. Russia, for their part, have been doing everything wrong. What's been revealed is that Russia's "near peer" status is... questionable. They're a lot less prepared than previously thought. Is China in the same state, or are they in a better military position as well as economic?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)