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I think we are looking at a "mutually assured destruction" situation if we ever go to war with China. There would be only losers.
The US may be able to win a battle, especially at sea, but on land and even in the air and an overall war... nope. Reason... China 1.5 billion people, USA 320 million.
But saying that, China has zero reason to invade Taiwan. Why? There is tons of business going both ways and it would cost the Chinese economy billions if they did so.
No, China would win. We are constrained by lawyers and politicians in how we would wage war. They wouldn't be. We lose.
I think we are looking at a "mutually assured destruction" situation if we ever go to war with China.There would be only losers.
An old fashioned military battle between the US and China? Not going to happen, and a darned good thing. Imagine two nuclear powers, one with over a billion people, in a knock down drag out war! It would set civilization back centuries.
No, the real battle is economic, and China definitely has the upper hand currently.
Right, but I believe that China would be a lot more glassified than the USA.
Correct.
Anyone who thinks that the USA won't be the first country to use nukes should check with Japan.
The USA came mighty close to launching a first strike back during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1063499795 said:The US wouldn't have nuked Cuba, it's too close to the US mainland. They could have taken down their nukes with conventional weapons.
They also wouldn't have nuked Russia while nukes were in Cuba either, unless Russia/Cuba fired the first shot.
Wrong. You have no idea how close the USA was to launching a first strike on the USSR.
Wrong. You have no idea how close the USA was to launching a first strike on the USSR.
In addition to the U-2 shot down over Cuba, another American U-2 on a routine air sampling mission to the North Pole blundered into Soviet air space. The Soviets sent up MIG fighters to try to shoot the intruder down; the Alaska Air Defense Command responded by scrambling nuclear-armed F-102 interceptors. In the Caribbean, a frazzled Soviet submarine commander considered firing his nuclear torpedo against United States destroyers attempting to bring him to the surface.
In the meantime, Soviet troops brought nuclear-tipped cruise missiles to the periphery of the Guantánamo naval base, and transported nuclear warheads to the medium-range missile sites at Sagua La Grande in central Cuba. Convinced that an attack by the United States was imminent, Castro urged Khrushchev to consider a nuclear first strike against the United States.
I don't think so.
I believe that the USA would make the Chinese sorry that they were ever born.
Lets wait and see what happens. I'd like to see at least one nuclear war before I die.
Obama isn't going to try and stop them, so they won't get the chance to find out.
You're partly right. We would need a declaration of war from this do nothing congress, and we know the congress will bend over backwards not to support Obama in any way. Even if that means destroying the country.
Obama isn't going to try and stop them, so they won't get the chance to find out.
You're right, because he knows the GOP in congress won't approve any action.
Talk about being right. Try to challenge him instead of just dismissing his opinion. If you can.Talk about your hyperbole.
The USA has 5, 113 nuclear weapons and it could utterly destroy China and any other country on this planet.
Tell the Chinese to bring it on, we've got something for them.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1063499754 said:You forgot to mention Obama would also purge the rest of the remaining high ranking military officers who disagreed with him over the issue.
Talk about being right. Try to challenge him instead of just dismissing his opinion. If you can.
It really depends who is in charge..There isn't a chance in Hell this president would assist Taiwan in any meaningful way