[husky ed]

Flying a couple of B52's over that island ain't gonna do crap to scare the ChiCom's. And it's not going to make them give up and go home, which is what our objective should be.

Blockading it with two or three carrier fleets and some Marine Expeditionary Forces would be a good start.

Ed

[Gen.Blather]

-Blockading it with two or three carrier fleets and some Marine Expeditionary Forces would be a good start. —

US diplomacy has gone from do-what-I-say-or-I-kick-your-butt to really, we should talk. How much do you want for an agreement? We will pay whatever you want. No, it does not have to be enforceable. We just need something to show the proletariat.

[Tallguy]

I don’t think you want to put large naval forces in an area filled with shallow reefs and navigational choke-points. You could send a SEAL Team onto several of those reefs and clear them out in 10 minutes plus bring back all the hardware & comm gear for analysis. What happened? Oh, Typhoon!

Those islands are very vulnerable. But going at them with B-52’s when they are defended by SAMS is just playing their game.