Posted on 09/29/2012 6:31:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
China should back off the Senkaku and Japan should leave Dokdo alone in Korea.
We’re not helping! Enough!
Japan could reach military superpower status very quickly.
They are masters at tech such as cruise missiles and have an enormous stockpile of plutonium.
If there is a fight, and if Japan comes out on top, I don't think China could handle that. It would be shattering.
Ruh roh, Flee Tlade bump.
If he loses their window for action shrinks.
If I was Red China—I would attack now while the USA is distracted by the election. I would get with my allies like Iran, North Korea, etc... and have each one move at the same time. A quick move, sink a few ships and the island would be chinese.
I feel fairly sure that Japan could sink 25% of the Chinese navy in a couple of hours! China wouldn’t have sir cover and would be sitting ducks.
I feel fairly sure that Japan could sink 25% of the Chinese navy in a couple of hours! China wouldn’t have air cover and would be sitting ducks.
Despite our huge military we can’t afford to offend either of the two biggest supporters of our welfare debt.
I wonder what past nation that makes us like?
If they lost, the Chinese government would be overthrown, just like the Argentine junta after the Falklands War. It would also add to the list of Chinese humiliations at the hands of their island cousins.
I'm sure the Chinese remember their humiliating loss to Japan in the 1894 war. They thought they were superior to the Japanese, but Japan quickly overran their defenses and humiliated them. If not for the intervention of western powers, Japan would own a large chunk of China. The humiliation the Chinese leaders faced after defeats in 1894-1895 led to rebellions against the Chinese leaders. China is itching for payback after that and WWII, but may get trounced a third time in recent history.
Interesting factoid of a changing world. The Japanese Navy is roughly twice the size of the Uk’s Royal Navy. 18 RN surface combatants -vs- 44 in the JMSDF. Three times the number of attack submarines (though the RN is nuclear)
And the British have one Helicopter carrier. The Japanese have 4. And the Japanese ships are ready for an STOVL, or VTOL jet.
Look at a photo of a Japanese “Helicopter Destroyer” and be ready for a surprise. And you can bet the thing is built with Toyota/Honda quality, and not some rebuilt Russian job.
We’re not going to help Japan because China owns us. They hold our debt. We’re basically their bitch now.
Don't count on it, Nippon-chama.(unless there are campaign funds available).
China and Japan don’t have neocons. They’re not going to fight.
“I wonder what past nation that makes us like?”
Britain and France, with Israel (`57?) invading Egypt over the Suez canal.
A real US president (Eisenhower) said, “Back off!” and because we owned them, they did.
See Mark Steyn, `America Alone’: “Who owns your bonds, owns your souls.”
Maybe its time for Japan to change it’s constitution. China is the new 1930s Japan. If China invades its a disaster for O. Japan should tell them to f off.
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