"Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible." George Orwell, 1984, pt 1, ch.3. www.foreignaffairs.com/china/china-...

China Is Ready for War

And thanks to a crumbling defense industrial base, America is not.

I'm wondering if the EU did ramp up its weapons production. I read the same things I did in 2022 about them not having production going. Surely they have responded by now.