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U.S. Military: Invading China Is a Horrible Idea.
https://nationalinterest.org ^ | 1/5/2021 | by Kris Osborn

Posted on 01/05/2021 4:31:12 AM PST by RomanSoldier19

he U.S. Army’s Pacific theater strategy has long maintained that it does not plan to consider a land war against China for a number of key reasons.

First and foremost, perhaps most obviously, deployment would be a problem. How could any kind of mechanized land force, with the requisite expeditionary capability, mobilize for some kind of large-scale land assault on the Asian continent. Where would there be a staging area? Possibly India, a major U.S. ally, could offer some kind of option. Abrams tanks, for example, need to be shipped, deployed, and prepared, as do larger infantry carriers, howitzers, and other weapons systems. For this reason, the U.S. Army has based its approach on the prospect of joint-attack options with force concentrations possibly launched from Japan, Australia, allied island areas south of China, such as the Philippines or South China Sea area.

Furthermore, China is known to possess a large mechanized force along with as many as one million ground soldiers, a scenario that clearly presents a threat like no other in the world. Then there is the issue of China’s rugged, mountainous terrain, making it almost impossible for larger mechanized forces to advance.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bats; ccp; usmil; wtf
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1 posted on 01/05/2021 4:31:12 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

Remember Korea?


2 posted on 01/05/2021 4:37:09 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: RomanSoldier19

With the correct strategy, China is easy to defeat.


3 posted on 01/05/2021 4:38:41 AM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: RomanSoldier19

Who the hell is talking about invading China?

For what reason?

What a ridiculous idea.

Damned the Democrats and their endless wars.


4 posted on 01/05/2021 4:40:14 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: RomanSoldier19

No disrespect to you RomanSoldier19

As for the authors content

Thank you PLA for the propaganda piece, what a bloody laughable psyops bit of emu dung.


5 posted on 01/05/2021 4:40:38 AM PST by Swiffer_Ralf (Orig. Eureka_Lead)
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To: Chickensoup

6 posted on 01/05/2021 4:44:55 AM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Who the hell wants to invade China?!? Let the damned chicoms keep, isolate them and they’ll kill themselves off eventually. That big dam they built doesn’t look too stable, maybe they could move the party hq to the base of it.

Maybe the Chinese people will finally have enough and end the problem themselves.

No American son or daughter needs to be sent to die in China. Flipping ridiculous.


7 posted on 01/05/2021 4:45:26 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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8 posted on 01/05/2021 4:46:57 AM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Red herring for breakfast....


9 posted on 01/05/2021 4:49:01 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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10 posted on 01/05/2021 4:49:31 AM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Why not do what we did with the Soviets?

Have them spend themselves broke!


11 posted on 01/05/2021 4:54:00 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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1.We should always have a plan and the infrastructure to fight and win against any opponent. But..

2. We shouldn't advertise to that opponent that we don't have a spitwad's chance against them - if we don't have that capability.

12 posted on 01/05/2021 4:54:42 AM PST by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: Revolutionary

I don’t know about easy but a bunch of other solutions would do the trick..

I think one of the main things we should do is cut them off from Western Capital Markets, especially Wall Street...

No Chinese companies listed in the NYSE, no Chinese companies allowed to issue credit thru Wall Street, etc...

For their economy to operate, they need US Dollars, cut off the Dollars and kill their economy....like you said that would be easy and really effective.


13 posted on 01/05/2021 4:56:42 AM PST by srmanuel (It)
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To: Chickensoup

For this reason: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.


14 posted on 01/05/2021 4:58:03 AM PST by Shady (It is the rule of law vs tyranny, plain and simple, and it is the fight of our lives...DEFCON 5!)
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To: Chainmail

Agree with both.

I also think the only reason we’d be rolling into China is to support the coup against the CCP and the breakup of China into a dozen different autonomous countries.


15 posted on 01/05/2021 4:59:42 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: srmanuel

In a word, tariff.


16 posted on 01/05/2021 5:00:58 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: RomanSoldier19

...but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line...


17 posted on 01/05/2021 5:01:39 AM PST by Migraine ( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
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To: Terry L Smith

Because we keep buying all their shit. So how will that work unless we quit buying it.


18 posted on 01/05/2021 5:01:58 AM PST by pas
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To: RomanSoldier19

OK, then, how about Finland?

We need articles about invading Leichtenstein, too.

Why not articles about invading Australia? If we’re going to annex some country why not one where we can swap BBQ recipes and enjoy the beer?

Save the articles about invading China for after our overdue invasion of Cuba, which is at least within innertubing distance of Key West.


19 posted on 01/05/2021 5:02:06 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: pas

Tariffs. Lots and lots of tariffs. Then more tariffs.


20 posted on 01/05/2021 5:02:37 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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