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It is difficult to imagine what a traditional war between China and the US would look like. Neither is capable of launching an invasion on the territory of the other. So other than long range missile strikes and sinking large floating targets what are we left with?
The war will remain asymmetric, as it is now. Even there, the US must real…
It is difficult to imagine what a traditional war between China and the US would look like. Neither is capable of launching an invasion on the territory of the other. So other than long range missile strikes and sinking large floating targets what are we left with?
The war will remain asymmetric, as it is now. Even there, the US must realize after observing the effects in Russia and Iran, that sanctions will hurt themselves even more.
You seem to assume that such a war would be confined to the coast of China when you mention "floating targets". However, I believe both Russia and China are now prepared to take their missile attacks to the shores of the USA itself, having the capability to strike deep within the continent. I believe they have both expressed in the past that the US's traditional belief that their homeland can not be realistically touched is no longer valid.
VVP has said it and I’d wager that China has heavily implied it. You wanted a deterrent? Well here’ya a GO!
You're missing the biggest point China doesn't want to invade America, China won't try & invade America. There's only 1 aggressor looking for conflict. China has a totally defensive force to protect itself. America has to travel halfway around the world to attack China. How is it logistically going to do that? It's American politicians & their fantasy world that they live in that talk up war with China . No rational person would ever dream of it. The Chinese are fully aware that America is ruled by psychopaths. So they're arming themselves accordingly. It's absolute insanity that American politicians are talking openly about confronting China. They haven't even got a reason to be upset with the Chinese, they come outwith the same bullshit lies they say about Russia but there's only one aggressor looking for conflict & making confrontational policies.
"It's American politicians & their fantasy world that they live in that talk up war with China. No rational person would ever dream of it. "
It's not insane at all, it's just criminal. If we go on assuming it's just insanity talking then we can't address it. If I wasn't so damn busy and lazy, then I'd look up where else I wrote this, but all of this is just capitalism writ large. The MIC must grow it's return, every year, or it is a failure as far as capitalism is concerned. That's why it is dangerous to let capitalism run the arms industry, they have to keep increasing the threat in order to keep increasing the spending. Space Aliens are being lined up for the day when the USA has guns pointing at South America, Balance of North America, Africa, Asia, and of course the EU. It's the last point of growth in spending.
You make valid points. It’s all very well and good in some candy assed think tank talking theoretical but as I like to say: Metal Talks and BullShit Walks. Someone earlier the Coalition of the Extorted’s pre-game build up in Kuwait and elsewhere. Do these genius lesson dropouts actually believe that a group of well coordinated near peer+++ adversaries are just going to sit back and watch? That would be potent cocktail of ignorance and denial. Keeping in mind that the USA just outsource almost it’s entire industrial base in the name of corporate profits, the phrase “With WHAT?!” Comes to mind. So pretty much all this StinkTank none sense is just bluster to convince .....who?
Themselves I suppose, the figure of 3,600 is total fantasy also. It would be far higher.
The US is going to have to work overtime to pull China into war. China's preparing, but also has a huge advantage of time that the US (with an impending financial collapse) does not. And during this time, China grows stronger militarily.