[GonzoGOP]

They do that and Trident warheads will impact on the Tienanmen Sq and elsewhere in the Peoples Republic.

If you seriously think that you need to do a quick study of history. In the 1950s we said that if a communist army attacked us we would nuke them. Then the Chinese came across the Yalu and what do ya know, no nukes. OK that was some foreign country on the other side of the world. But if anyone ever attacked New York they would instantly get nuked into oblivion. Then there was this Tuesday in September, and what do ya know, no nukes.

If the Chi-Coms hit Guam with a conventional attack there is no way Obama, or likely any other president, is going to go nuclear. He might send in some cruise missiles against Chinese bases. And assuming they haven't all been decommissioned a couple of carrier battle groups lose in the Indian Ocean could play havoc with China's merchant fleet. But we would not go nuclear unless the other guy went their first. Especially if the attack was in a territory rather than in the US proper.

[rahbert]

Respectfully disagree. Hawaii was a territory and a major base, and when the attack came in 1941 we declared war.

We would see an attack coming days or weeks in advance
via ‘national technical means’ as well as by way of human intelligence. The Chinese would be invited to go home or
suffer consequences, even Obamao would be forced to respond or be yanked from office.