What if US went to war with China?

[isledeac]

China's ASBM program has been overestimated by many in the West, specifically by those who stand to gain from creating a panic over Chinese military power. They still cannot project force outside of the South China Sea and the Sea of Japan, and even those bodies of water are contested by U.S. military might. Could we win a land war? Probably not. Do we need a land war in order to beat China? No. Realistically, they could be beaten into submission without a single brigade setting foot onto the mainland. This wouldn't result in a decisive victory with an unconditional surrender, but then again, those rarely occur throughout history. Winning a war doesn't entail completely destroying an enemy. As it stands right now, the single most contentious geopolitical issue involving the United States and China is the existence of Taiwan. If China ever tried to invade Taiwan, and yes, that is a distinct possibility, that would result in war. China would have to totally conquer the entire island within a matter of days if they wanted to have any chance of defeating the U.S. in such a conflict.

As long as we have Ah-nold, we win.

 

[TR1982]

That too.

 

[DeaconSig]

Fuck that. We have Abbate. They don't.

We win.

Abbate uses Ah-nold to wipe his ass.

 

[DirkTheDeac]

As Arlington said, the concept of another old fashioned world war is archaic. the only place it could hapen is between India and China and neither would start one.

I agree. But IF it were to happen it would start with Pakistan and India.

 

[RJKarl]

But the rest of the world wouldn't care.

 

[BigEastDeac]

Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.

 

[Smidge]

Walmart would not let this happen

 

[ArlingtonDeac]

Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.

"Thought it was a billion."

 

[DeaconCav06]

"Thought it was a billion."

It was.

 

[sailordeac]

Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.

And that's just the POW camp.

War with China is pretty much impractical for any reason. About the only type of invasion that might happen is electronically invading each other's computer networks.

 

[Lectro]

Its beginning to sound like what this economy needs is a good "Cold War".

Should we start looking for a ramp up in articles about China's growing military ascendancy, even though it is largely defensive?

Seems odd to suppose the Chinese want to shoot their top customer...as a small business owner I simply don't understand the concept

One senses that the Hawks are working on a concoction of half truths and fear in order to strengthen their position in Raytheon, et. al.