If we would’ve nuked Mecca and Riyadh after 9/11, the Chinese wouldn’t be doing this right now. We missed a once in a generation chance to provide an object lesson. After Hiroshima, people were terrified of us for a long time. They KNEW we would really do it. Nobody really believes that anymore.
Eventually it’s gonna happen. Some crisis in Red China will worry their leaders so much that they’ll look for a diversion. So they’ll attack Taiwan (which would be no pushover, by the way).
Then what would a US president do? Is it worth risking a grinding war - and a possible nuclear exchange - for some far-away island? I don’t know.
The same sort of situation exists in the Baltic states. For example, Estonia is a member of NATO. Russia could overrun Estonia in an afternoon. Would saving Estonia be worth risking a nuclear exchange?
What the Republic of China (Taiwan) needs is a handful of Nukes. Threatening to take out Shanghai and Xiamen would get the attention of Peiking. (Yeah, I know they spell it with a “B” now. )
To paraphrase LBJ: We should not send send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.
If the Taiwanese were serious about self-defense and their independence, they would copy the Swiss (or at least, what the Swiss used to do) - after his service is up, send every conscript home with his rifle, 100 rounds of ammunition and a gun-locker. Bring him back every year for a day of updates, training and BBQ.
A million armed citizens who know how to use a rifle would make even the most bloodthirsty communist think twice.
China seems to be intent on being the 21st Century’s version of the 20th Century Nazis.
Wooo Hooo! Another war! That’s right! Yeah! Just what we need.
South China hot zone - bump for later....
Chinese ‘leaders’ want to expand their hellhole because they feel the need to make MORE people miserable.
Jerks.
Ever hear of people trying to break into China? Only the thugs at the top live well there.
Chinese ‘leaders’ want to expand their hellhole because they feel the need to make MORE people miserable.
Jerks.
Ever hear of people trying to break into China? Only the thugs at the top live well there.
It may not happen, should not happen, but if hot war is to be, much better now while we have superiority.