<p>You guys still think of modern warfare in the video game sense. Back in 1945, the most important thing to control in a country you recently conquered was the factors of production. Land, labour and capital. Back then, capital was largely made up of factories and natural resources, tangible objects which were easy to control (relatively). Nowadays, as seen with the war on terrorism, an important factor to control is information and controlling information in the day of sattellites and the internet is an increasingly harder task. Especially when you consider that capital these days now increasingly depends on information which is not tangible. It’s hard enough to control a foreign population, it’s even harder when you attempt to control it’s sources of capital and destroy it’s economy.</p>
<p>On a side note, the ignorance surrounding China hilarious.</p>