I understand but man-for-man if we were loosing thousands a day, I would be opt to drop a nuke or two.
Uhh, they have them too if you werent aware.
if this war is to start anywhere, 5:1 it would be taiwan as a flashpoint.
werd… as soon as they saw a launch, they would go ape shit. i dont think it would be just 1 or 2 coming our way.
ideal situation: “can’t we all just get along” FTW
10:1
I agree with the concept of increased patriotism/nationalism. We all know that during ww2 a german was a kraut and the japanese were…well, choose a derogetory name…they all deserved to die in the eyes of the allied citizens…Do you think, though, in this age of heightened social awareness we would be able to reach that point of blind patriotism again?
-Cheater-
i am fairly convinced it’s only a matter of time before the US and china go to war. It’s bound to happen. there are a million and 1 scenarios that could start a war between the 2 countries.
a few quick examples that ran through my mind, tawain becoming a flashpoint and errupting into a war,
china goes on the offensive for resources to support its booming and growing economy in a world with less and less oil reserves,
if tensions rise up more with north korea and china comes to their commie neighbors aid again…
somewhere down the road china begins trading even more unfairly and a trade embargo is imposed and china sees that their economic survival is in jeopardy so they attack
etc… i hate to see it, but i see this as a matter of WHEN not IF
i dont think that china would beat us, however i also dont see the US military being an occupying force in china either. it would be an increadibly bloody war and the wild cards like juan said would be who allies with whom. Currently the US has a large technical superority to the chinese military. The us air force and navy own chinas. the chinese army has the advantage of numbers thats all. the us has the advantage of battle hardened and well trained soldiers and better hardware and equipment, as well as better command, control and intelligence.
Unfortunatly, china is spending more money than ever before modernizing its military with money it makes by selling us their crap. it doesnt help that clinton gave them a substantial amount of technology either… in a decade or so chinas military capability will be a lore more comparable to the U.S. Currently the chineese have more of theater level combat effectiveness and not on a global scale yet, but unfortunatly they are working on changing that…
Unfortunatly in order to win a war of that magnitude, i have doubts that the general american public could stomach massive amounts of casualties lost. Do you think the generation of instant gratification would stay determined to win a war like that for as long as it would take?? i have my doubts…
my .02 cents
in no way would china bring up nukes.
Let’s say, they nuke a high population city. Like, NYC for example.
8 Million.
Beijing China, has 15 million people.
Nuke for nuke, it would be a very ugly situation for china
nukes will not ever get brought out ever, I don’t think.
China doesnt care about body counts or their citizens. They wouldnt hesitate to use nukes if it looked like they might lose.
it only takes one man on a soap box
thats a really good point, after 2 months americans would forget about patriotism, and get preoccupied with the new xbox 720. they would want the war to end becasue it was driving up the price of dvd’s and video games.
sad but true
wait…what are we talking about again?
anyone get the new xbox yet?
I heard its tight
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Comparing a possible war with China to the war in Iraq is both funny and stupid.
Does anyone really think that a billion Chinese people are going to hop on boats and fight in the USA?
I gaurantee there would be a billion dead Chinese people at the bottom of the ocean.
Think about it people!!!
Have you ever tried to move a billion troops over tens of thousands of miles?
God damn you people make me laugh sometimes!:lol:
I don’t think the chinese would try and take physically takeover the american mainland.
I do think the chinese would try and take over american allies which would draw america into a conflict.
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:lol: Holy shit, I am still laughing.
Was that in Princess Bride where the guy said,
“Never, EVER fight a ground war in Asia”?:lol:
Ya, let’s compare China to Iraq.:lol:
If China started with us their entire coast(ports) would become a big pile of ash.
End of war.
Edit: Oh wait, maybe they could form a 10,000 mile human bridge!:lol: :lol: :lol:
Regardless of both countries decide to go to war, I think they will agree to not use nuclear weapons. The bombs/missles they have today are leaps and bounds ahead of the antiquaited shit the Fatman (Zer0dazE) and the Little Boy (Zer0dazE’s Penis) brought to the table. It would be an apocalypse like the kind you read in cheesy science fiction novels and what is described in the bible as armageddon. We launch, they launch, game over. The missles could high-five themselves on their way to their enemy’s country.
I am sure this was the same kind of attitude before we went into Vietnam. I am not making parallels to China and Vietnam, only the attitude…
dont get it twisted, China dont want it with the US, especially if George W is still in office. we’ll push buttons and there will be no China.
Does anyone here honestly think that the US would drop troops in China?
Edit : still :lol: