Article - "China thinks it can defeat America in battle"

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China thinks iit can defeat America in battle

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ROR

China thinks a lot of shite that isn't true.

Only if we invade them. They have the resources and manpower to withstand a war on their home front.

Their Air Force and Navy are shitty compared to ours. We could pound dat arse without a single boot on the ground.

Its all irrelevant though since the only wars between the 2 will be of the proxy type.

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ROR

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Good article. Thanks for posting. One of the more interesting comments;

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The knock-on effects of deterring America could be world-changing. "Backing away from our commitments to protect Taiwan, Japan, or the Philippines would be tantamount to ceding East Asia to China's domination," Roger Cliff, a fellow at the Atlantic Council, said at the same U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing on Jan. 30.

Worse, the world's liberal economic order — and indeed, the whole notion of democracy — could suffer irreparable harm. "The United States has both a moral and a material interest in a world in which democratic nations can survive and thrive," Cliff asserted.

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I see this as the more realistic scenario. If China quickly overwhelmed Taiwan then the US (under the current administration) simply calls it a day and refuses to intervene. All as long as no American blood is spilled.

Invading the Chinese mainland would be the second most difficult military challenge in the world.

Invading the U.S. would be first. The whole of the world doesn't possess the combined military resources to launch an amphibious attack of our mainland. Let's say however that some country was able to establish a limited beachhead on the East Coast. They then tried to move West and cross the Appalachians. Let's say they were thwarted by the mountains and therefore took a more southwesterly route to go around and make inroads in the South. They then try to conquer Georgia/Alabama/Mississippi. Absolute hilarity would ensue. This would make conquering tribal Afghanistan seem like playing duck hunt. The Chinese would be utterly confused and terrified as awesome Redneck America unleashed guerrilla warfare to a level the world has never seen.

Just how many red lines would they have to cross before we would do anything???

Or they could just invade the us on our southwest border

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That is not the premise of the article. It is a proxy war over Taiwan. China calculating how quickly they could overcome the island and consolidate their gains with minimal U.S. involvement. I think they are actually right. Could be done in the current political environment.

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They're absolutely right...given that our administration doesn't learn of their plan with fair warning and/or chooses not to put in place strategic air and naval assets in order to counter it. We could sink their entire navy and annihilate their air force in a matter of hours. China can't invade any islands without both.

They don't have to defeat us in battle, we only have to choose not to fight.

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Or they could just invade the us on our southwest border

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:rimshot: