US warships in Pacific relocation

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by joegrundman

by 2020 is in 8 years. if they wanted to they could shift "the majority" of their surface assets in a few months.

so, this is a posture, and this posture is dependent on there being no more major demands in the mediterranear/persian gulf region by that time, which could be the case if Iran is dealt with sooner rather than later. But in any case the intended recipients of this posture-message are those asia-pacific nations who currently are having to deal with the rising china, as well as china itself, and is mainly part of a concerted diplomatic strategy of persuading all those nations who feel china's influence keenest (vietnam, phillipines, japan, s.korea, burma(!!), indonesia, taiwan..australia even!) that the US is coming over real soon, and that it is too soon to be revising your international relationships in a pro-china manner.

Originally Posted by jimbuna

^ A fair and accurate assessment imo but it will be interesting to see how the Chinese react...not with an arms race one would hope.

Interesting assessment. I wonder how economics will come into play. The majority of the goods available for purchase in the US are made in China.