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If China and Japan Went to War: What Would America do?
The National Interest ^ | 06/21/14 | Harry J. Kazianis

Posted on 06/23/2014 8:25:46 AM PDT by thetallguy24

Picture it: It's March 1, 2015. Tokyo and Beijing are headed towards what was once the unthinkable.

Over the last several months China has instituted daily non-naval maritime patrols around the hotly disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. Beijing is even sending fully-fledged naval assets within the islands' 12 mile exclusion zone while its aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, exercised only 50 miles away from the islands back in February — truly the end of Beijing's small-stick diplomatic strategy.

But on 1 March the plot thickens. Two Chinese SU-27 fighters come within 25 feet of a Japanese P-3 Orion surveillance plane just 10 miles west of the Senkakus (sound familiar?). The Japanese pilot gets nervous. A slight tweak at the controls and the Japanese plane collides with one of the Chinese fighters. Both aircraft crash into the ocean, with no survivors.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: army; marines; military; navy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
If China and Japan Went to War: What Would America do?

Ramp up the War on Globull Warming.
21 posted on 06/23/2014 9:44:55 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: thetallguy24

Watch cat videos on YouTube.


22 posted on 06/23/2014 9:45:27 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: Aevery_Freeman
Desperately try to find someone else to borrow money from before the EBT cards bounce...

Why? He's just waiting for the right time to light that particular fuse.
23 posted on 06/23/2014 9:46:25 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: thetallguy24

“China is on the wrong side of history. They’re acting out of weakness. What else can I say? Oh, this is Bush’s fault.” Then he’d go play golf.


24 posted on 06/23/2014 9:50:19 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: demshateGod

Obama would need time to react to things—no hasty actions as the bullets start to fly—Then send Kerry to Beijing and Tokyo on a peace mission. Make startements how its all Fox News’s fault for covering a non-existant war. It will not be mentioned by the MSM—what war? Nothing to see here folks! Our real worry is the Tea Party and Racism! How can Obama act? We owe to much money to China? Russia could act—we could not. In such a fight—China will win. It will all be over in 30 days.


25 posted on 06/23/2014 10:11:47 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Salvation
China would attack America.

No freakin' way that would happen. China is a paper tiger. Weak navy, weak air force. They would be obliterated trying to attack America. The Japanese aren't officially allowed to have an offensive military, yet the Japanese would probably defeat the Chinese with Japanese self-defense forces. On top of this, China needs America; who else are they going to copy from?

26 posted on 06/23/2014 10:21:11 AM PDT by roadcat
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To: thetallguy24

Obama would hear about it on the news two weeks after it happens. He would be at a golf course in San Francisco with the wealthiest of the wealthy social media giants. After a few more fundraisers for Hillary 2016 and another speech to starry eyed Berkeley idiots he might issue a statement condemning Japanese aggression and urge calm. Obama is much too busy to be concerned about such petty things.


27 posted on 06/23/2014 10:22:36 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: roadcat
They would be obliterated trying to attack America.

Only if the American military is allowed to fight back. I wouldn't bet too heavily on that.

28 posted on 06/23/2014 10:31:46 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: thetallguy24

The Obama faggot would spend a few hours in the White House bathhouse with his faggot buddies, and prepare for his golf game. He would then issue a stern warning to China, and go on vacation.


29 posted on 06/23/2014 10:32:50 AM PDT by pallis
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To: thetallguy24

Any muslims involved? No? then Zero would do nothing.


30 posted on 06/23/2014 10:46:36 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: thetallguy24

31 posted on 06/23/2014 10:48:57 AM PDT by McGruff (What if we bombed our own citizens?)
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To: thetallguy24

If China nuked the Fukushima nuke plant, the nuke leaking would finally be stopped.

Is pointing that out not PC?

Or is it rather what this cover story is being generated to hide?


32 posted on 06/23/2014 10:57:26 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: kevkrom
Only if the American military is allowed to fight back.

They will fight back. Obama doesn't want to lose his socialist empire to outsiders like Chinese communists. He's reserving it for his muslim buddies. Besides, a military skirmish with the Chinese is a nice distraction while he implements martial law under his control.

33 posted on 06/23/2014 11:57:05 AM PDT by roadcat
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