I mean, I agree, but that doesn’t mean China could “win” in an offensive military action against Taiwan. Taiwan is literally a fortress and Taiwan/China cultural overlap is too significant to drive strong warmongering sentiment.
An invasion is such a silly suggestion that it doesn’t even need consideration. At best, it would be a pyrrhic victory with millions dead on both sides and the island in ruins.
The far more likely scenario is a blockade, sorry, “economic embargo” of Taiwan… Of course, Cuba is a clear example of how a blockade economic embargo doesn’t really work, so…
That’s a political win situation, regardless. What’s 10 million lives if you can claim that you successfully did the work that even the great leader Mao couldn’t achieve 50 years before?
China and Russia have funded and installed infrastructure to increase the quality of life (as in, keep the politicians elected, as well as put into their debt and influence) of most countries that aren’t either directly touching America, a part of Western Europe, or down Australia way.
So US, Canada, Mexico, a lot of South America, the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, UK, Ireland, Scotland, all of the EU (27 countries with an 18 trillion gdp), any other western aligned or NATO countries Norway, Iceland, Australia and more…
Against china and a country with a smaller economy than Texas… you got things backwards.
No, they would very thoroughly lose. China’s in no condition to take on the US, let alone decouple its economy from the global community.
“global” is turning out to be a small handful of countries, and the other block is actively securing the rest of the world into their influence
I mean, I agree, but that doesn’t mean China could “win” in an offensive military action against Taiwan. Taiwan is literally a fortress and Taiwan/China cultural overlap is too significant to drive strong warmongering sentiment.
An invasion is such a silly suggestion that it doesn’t even need consideration. At best, it would be a pyrrhic victory with millions dead on both sides and the island in ruins.
The far more likely scenario is a
blockade, sorry, “economic embargo” of Taiwan… Of course, Cuba is a clear example of how ablockadeeconomic embargo doesn’t really work, so…That’s a political win situation, regardless. What’s 10 million lives if you can claim that you successfully did the work that even the great leader Mao couldn’t achieve 50 years before?
Millions? That’s just another Sunday as far as Chinese warfare goes.
That would undoubtedly be a victory for China. A ruined island can be rebuilt and kept forever. An independent island cannot.
Hahaha sure thing mate.
China and Russia have funded and installed infrastructure to increase the quality of life (as in, keep the politicians elected, as well as put into their debt and influence) of most countries that aren’t either directly touching America, a part of Western Europe, or down Australia way.
So US, Canada, Mexico, a lot of South America, the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, UK, Ireland, Scotland, all of the EU (27 countries with an 18 trillion gdp), any other western aligned or NATO countries Norway, Iceland, Australia and more…
Against china and a country with a smaller economy than Texas… you got things backwards.
Hahahaha oh fucking hell that is hilarious.
Like you actually made me legitimately laugh, thanks for that.
care to elaborate? i agree with the sentiment but laugh is not an argument
I’m not going to spend my effort arguing with someone with such out there believes.
It’s like arguing with a flat earther, why bother? They’ve decided what they want to know and that’s that.