[Godfollow]

So you want someone to pick up a stick and poke China in the eye... you'd better be prepared to blow off his head if you do.

You either engage them or isolate them... either of which portends some kind of negative consequences.

You engage them, and maybe you change the heart of the masses, such that their own liberty becomes more greatly valued than their fear, and they bolt for a more democratic form of government.

[ninenot]

and they bolt for a more democratic form of government.

Using their personal arms which they have in great quantity in their straw huts

...to counteract the forces of the Red Army, huh?

Tiananmen Square: ever hear of it? Know what happened to all those cute little protestors?