"Look at a topographical map of Asia. For China to send an army into the Middle East, they would have to cross desert and the Himalayan Mountains. And that's just to make it to the Chinese border. Supporting such an invasion would be a logistical nightmare."
Yeah, your right, would have to go through Pakistan or Tajiikastan first.
"If we went to war with China, it would be interesting if Congress decided to exercise their Constitutional prerogative to "grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal", and commission privateers to go seize Chinese commercial shipping. Maybe we could still keep the Walmart shelves full"
HAHAH. Thats funny. If we went to war I am sure we would at least seize all assets domestically and that would be no chump change.
Silly people on this forum :)
China is not going to invade Taiwan unless Taiwan declares independence. That is, Taiwan will have to make the first move.
The Anti-Secession law doesn't change anything, it's just a re-iteration of what has been said time and time again.
BTW, didn't Virginia voted to SECEDE from the Union as I recall and what did United States do? ATTACKED the south. Just because you're a democracy doesn't give you the right to secede and the international community knows this.
The fact is -- if Taiwan declares independence, the war will be over in 1-2 days. China will launch its missles, hitting NOT the military targets, but Taiwan's high tech industrialized areas, creating massive panic. That alone will force Chen Shui Bian back from independence. Taiwan hasn't seen war or battles for the last 50 years -- the people in teh army has no clue what war is about, much less the people.
U.S. will not be involved with war against China directly, maybe supporting or breaking blockades, but not an outright invasion. Also, a lot of analysts think that China will "break up into pieces" if it can't take back Taiwan -- this is simply not the case. They ahve no clue about Chinese history, especially on how the Chinese suffered greatly when it was occupied by Japanese. If Japan gets involved, there will be 100% popular support in China for the government. You can't win a war without breaking the will to fight, and using Japan will = giving Chinese government what they wanted, a unified China.
Fact is, historically speaking, China and the US really doesn't have any conflicts. China's real enemy, is Japan and is eager to have a payback to that POS some time in the future. I am not sure what the American obsession is with arming Japan, didn't the Japanese killed scores of Americans in WWII? You don't think they want to dominate the world? Think again.