This would be killing 2 birds with 1 stone, or 3 or 4. A war with China would include Iran because their oil would be needed to power the military. China does not have delivery capability of nuclear weapons like Russia, and could not retaliate. Their intercontinental ballistic missiles could easily be shot down by Israel's Iron Dome. Russia would not get involved due to mutually assured destruction, so this would be an easy win for America to establish world supremacy. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/a...nother-hiroshima-coming-unless-we-stop-it-now
The Chinese government is our enemy, not the Chinese people. The same thing with North Korea, Iran etc. There is no reason to kill tens of millions of innocent people. Aside from that our conventional military is far superior to all of them. If they were allowed to not wage a PC war and nation building we could destroy any country very quickly without nuclear weapons. I would prefer though we deal with China without military intervention.
~ That is a gut reactions for some of us - drop a bomb on Xi Ping . It may not be necessary as things play out. The economy on China may very well collapse. However a little "encouragement" may help. I do believe the president should point out that what China did was a deliberate act of terrorism.
Yes of course I have given it some thought and just cannot see any downside at all. Push that little Red Button Donny.
We should bomb Belgium. That way the country could brag that something interesting finally happened there.
Don't push the button but always be ready to before an eye can blink. That's just doing the highly moral action for mutual assurance.
You miss the fact that America's other enemies Iran and North Korea might take the opportunity of such a war to land a free hit on the USA and its allies. In fact, Russia itself might decide to take a free hit because any nuclear poisoning of its region would adversely affect Russia. Russia and China are neighbors and it is unlikely a hit on China would not have impacts on Russia. In fact, if North Korea and Iran saw it as a doomsday scenario they might strike in all directions before they were attacked by the USA. All satellites would be affect by strikes in space which would create a field of debris so big satellites might not be an option in the future, and space flight itself might be prohibited because of high-speed space debris.
Why are we having all these utterly ludicrous 'polls' these days? I don't recall them with any frequency a year or two ago.
Actually the Chinese do have missiles that could reach the US. Do anybody in major cities get warned before you start your nuclear holocaust? https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Co...-ICBM-capable-of-reaching-US-with-10-warheads
The Trade War was lost long before Trump. America lost the trade war when we started importing more than we produced.
I expect China to achieve world hegemony by the end of this century, if not sooner. I think it would be a good idea for the United States to get out of the way, and let it happen.
~ The way in which China is achieving goals is not conducive to peace. I believe the Chinese Communist party will collapse - America and other peaceful nations will play a role.
I hope and believe that China will adopt a democratic government. China has an average IQ of 105. The success of democracy in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan convinces me that democracy would work well on the mainland of China.
I believe that centuries from now historians will attribute the fall of Western civilization to multi racialism. Civilization will survive and go on to new heights in Eastern Europe and the Far East. Because the Slavs and the Chinese have rejected the lies of Marxist Leninism and Maoism they find it easy to reject the lies that "Race is only a social construct," and "We are all the same under the skin." Taboos and sanctions against looking for genetic reasons for intelligence and criminal behavior do not exist in China. The East is not red. It is where the future is. As the sun sets on the West it rises on the East. If you have children, try to get they to learn Mandarin or Russian.