[dp0622]

A bad day is coming in the future between and America and the ChiComs.

And I fear it will get all sorts of out of control.

VERY THANKFUL that A bombs saved half a million American soldiers’ lives

Not so thrilled that there are thousands upon thousands of them out there now.

Though they likely were the reason a war or two was averted.

What sick irony.

[Leaning Right]

As I see it, there are three options here. I vote for option #3.

1. Take the path of least resistance, and concede that the eastern Pacific will inevitably become a Chinese sea. Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, etc. will just have to suck it up.

2. Increase US forces in the region. Be ready to stare down the Chinese tiger.

3. Unleash Japan. And give them all the technical support they need (yep, including nukes). But it’s their part of the world. They must take the lead.

[Leaning Right]

Ugh! In my post #6, it should read "concede that the western Pacific will inevitably become a Chinese sea."

I don't think even the most ambitious Chinese leaders are thinking about taking the eastern Pacific (not now, anyway).