“Unless we’re willing to unleash unconventional weapons, we will not defeat them in that region.”
The Chinese are counting on the USA to elect someone like Obama who won’t lift a finger to help our allies in the region, that’s why they’re doing this in the first place.
Can we defeat the Chinese with conventional weapons? Absolutely and they know it, too. Why do you think those bandits are so interested in stealing our technology? It’s because they know that their air force is nothing more than a bunch of targets for our F-22 fighters and they know that their navy can’t set to sea without our permission.
We have a capacity for war that is unmatched in the world but which is also utterly useless without the resolve to use it. Obama absolutely won’t use it to defeat our enemies because HE IS ONE OF THEM.
You think Mitt will?
Yes,, we do have unmatched capacity for war. I know this will sound quaint, but really there is supposed to be an American interest at stake. Interest means something material to our economy or security, not simply, “Say, well isn’t that interesting”.
Unless the Chinese intend to block free navigation, we have no fight there. Wars are expensive, and really suck from up close. We should not be asked fight them over which Asian nation gets to claim the Spratleys. As long as we can sail by on our way somewhere else, I’m cool.
Some won’t be satisfied until we have Marines storming a modern Tarawa somewhere. But on behalf of Vietnamese, Taiwanese, and PI oil dreams? Please.
Yes,, we do have unmatched capacity for war. I know this will sound quaint, but really there is supposed to be an American interest at stake. Interest means something material to our economy or security, not simply, “Say, well isn’t that interesting”.
Unless the Chinese intend to block free navigation, we have no fight there. Wars are expensive, and really suck from up close. We should not be asked fight them over which Asian nation gets to claim the Spratleys. As long as we can sail by on our way somewhere else, I’m cool.
Some won’t be satisfied until we have Marines storming a modern Tarawa somewhere. But on behalf of Vietnamese, Taiwanese, and PI oil dreams? Please.
Or someone like Bush I or Bush II who isn’t a Democrat but isn’t going to interrupt the Chinese at anything.