China ‘ready to use N-weapons against US’

Financial Times ^ | July 14 2005 | Alexandra Harney

[Stellar Dendrite]

Only if they bomb Pootie in Russia on the way....

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

All we need to do is stop buying their sh*t at Wal-Mart.

And Target, Home Depot, Kohl's, CostCo, etc. etc. etc.

[Fitzcarraldo]

IMHO, the US should classify the last 30 years as a "wild, drunken orgy" with respect to awareness of strategic issues and threats. There is a real reluctance to bring the cold war mentality, which we should never have dropped.

[Echo Talon]

Only if they bomb Pootie in Russia on the way....

No, I wouldn't do that... Just China and North Korea on this salvo.

[Pukin Dog]

Thanks, China.

Now we know you will never use nukes.

[glorgau]

the threat to escalate might be the only way to stop a war.

How about not invading Taiwan? Think that would work?

[HereInTheHeartland]

"All we need to do is stop buying their sh*t at Wal-Mart."

They would collapse into civil war within a week.
Of course Walmart means, Target, Lowes, etc

[Taylor42]

Thank you Bill Clinton...

[blackie]

You left out Frisco. :):)

[Junior]

Posturing.

[reagan_fanatic]

All we need to do is stop buying their sh*t at Wal-Mart.

And Target, Home Depot, Kohl's, CostCo, etc. etc. etc.


Oh, c'mon - everyone knows only WalMart buys Chinese-made merchandise...


/sarc

[SampleMan]

They can only hit California and Hawaii, and they've got a small stockpile. We can end 5000 years of chopsticks in 30 minutes. I think they bluff.

[in hoc signo vinces]

I think Washington is catching on to Chinese hegemonic dreams...you see a little of that from reps duing the congressional hearings on the UNOCAL bid by the Chicomms.

China knows it would lose in a nuke war with us...and lose badly...granted we wouldn't be in the best of shape and the whole world would undoubtedly suffer. However, China would be gone for good (so many mellenia of history gone in a mushroom cloud)...and we'd survive...they know this. All this "big talk" from the Chicomms is bluster and posturing.

[Paul_Denton]

In other news, the US has a missile defense system and a second strike capability, and thousands more nuclear weapons than China could ever dream of. A single Ohio-class sub has more nuclear warheads than China's arsenal put together.

[Echo Talon]

Clinton voice, "oh come on.. their money is just as good as anybody elses... just think, if it wasnt for the Chinese, America wouldnt of had the pleasure of having me as president"

[Pittsburg Phil]

The Chinamen better watch it. They could be exterimated in an afternoon if we so desired. Fact.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

All we need to do is stop buying their sh*t at Wal-Mart.

And Target, Home Depot, Kohl's, CostCo, etc. etc. etc.

Right on brother. Every product sold on the shelves in america needs to carry a full color graphic of the the nation of origin next to the front labeling. gives people a more informed choice of what nation's military they are building up.

Here, here, on noting the 3 Gorges dam.

[Bon mots]

So the Chinese have about 400 nukes to our more than 10,000?
Oh, and they're all targeted at blue states...

Table of Global Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles, 2000-2002

End Year	US	SU	UK	FR	CH	Total
2000	10,615	10,201	185	450	400	21,851
2001	10,491	9,126	200	350	400	20,567
2002	10,640	8,600	200	350	400	20,190
US = United States, SU = Soviet Union/Russia, UK = United Kingdom, FR = France and CH = China

[Paul_Denton]

“In the end you care more about Los Angeles than you do about Taipei,”

Works both ways. In the end ChiComs care about Beijing more than they do about Taipei.