Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "US is Militarizing Itself to Death, While China Emphasizes Cooperation." video.

  1. The problem is in Europe is the fragmentation, the US, Russia and China takes advantage of that fragmentation for their own ends, there are solutions to solve that in Europe through the EU, but a lot more of the countries are going to have to be more bold in integrating in key areas of forign policy and military matters so it becomes harder for outsiders to play them off each other. Basically, the divisions are making European countries seem a lot weaker than the economics suggest, but if they pool their resources together and speak with one voice through the EU, European countries would have a lot more clout and do their own thing. As for the US, they want the EU countries to spend more on the military as independent countries, it's easier to control them and play them off each other, but I highly doubt the US would want the EU countries to pool resources together and speak with one voice on forign policy and military matters, that would make things most costly for the US, whiles turning interest away from the US, it would also likely turn many countries that don't like the US to look towards the EU, once that option is open, a lot can change, for now, a lot of countries fall behind the US because they don't see an alternative, Russia and China are not alternatives that are appealing, the EU could be if the countries get their act together.
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  2. I think the real problem with the US is that it could fall into the same trap the Soviet Union fell into, basically, the US out powered the Soviet Union by spending more than they could afford, that's fine when the US had a bigger economy, but in the case of China, it's more likely that China could do the same to the US as China outpaces the US in economic terms, the US already spends too much on its military at the expense of the American people in many areas of social programs and if history is any indicator on how the US will respond, it's probably going to end up spending more than it can afford on the military, whiles the American people pay the price with cuts in other services and probably why the US is desperate to try and slow China economic growth because they likely know that 300 million people isn't going to compete with over a billion people as the economy continues to modernise and power in this world is based on population size, the economy and becoming modern, China has two of those things are quickly developing the third. If the US is smart, they would create close relations with the EU, the other big powerful block in the world to protect western values, but ultimately, China can't really win because its system of government and economy isn't that appealing around the world, even the US isn't that appealing, being as they are too capitalistic, the EU on the other hand are winning hearts and minds around the world, if you look at developed countries, most are in line with the EU, the economy, social programs and so on, even a lot of developing countries are going that way and as more countries keep developing in that direction, it's likely going to have a spill-over effect on political interest. Basically, the US is becoming too radical, too war like, China is too much of a bully, the EU seems to be the only power block around that has strong principles on democracy, rule of law and doing the right thing, externally and internally, that could be putting them in a stronger position then it might seem at first glance. But regardless, the EU and US needs to stick together, because I doubt either one on their own is going to be powerful enough to take China on and longer term, it could be challenging for both of them together, but with both together, it's likely they will get a lot more countries to fall in line behind them, that's likely enough to keep China in check. As for the US, they started out as a good country but have gone far too much to the right that now they look more like a war like country, I mean seriously, since the second world war, the amount of wars directly or indirectly the US have been involved in is shocking and it's not really that surprising, when you build up such a military complex like the US have, you need wars to keep that funding going, otherwise you end up with budget cuts as what was happening in the 90's, it's hard to trust a country that creates a lot of instability around the world for its own ends
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