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Desperation, I think, is going to be the deciding factor -- Either the CCP, Xi himself, or the deluded elements of the Chinese people. It wouldn't surprise me if they tried to "pull an Argentina" (distracting the populace at home with a war/way to try to boost national pride).

I was wondering if it were a "one use and dump" or "one at a time" weapon: Thanks for clarifying. I've always found the former incredibly wasteful because it's an entire launcher, unless they were manufactured so cheaply that it'd make end war WW2 Germany giddy with excitement (tl;dr: they were...

I had no idea they were building their own subs, even if it is basically a retrofitted Dutch design. Fascinating.

Yep: as I said before, if Western Taiwanese troops occupy Taiwan, at that point the factories are strategic resources to be denied, not Taiwanese-controlled industry. Taiwan saying that it's "against" this plan would be moot by that point, since they'd be like the Polish government in Exile...

To be honest, if these plants fall into West Taiwanese hands, then the country itself would already be lost far before this point. At that point, it'd be denying the enemy a strategic resource.

West Taiwan must be seething right now, haha.

Oh, that's going to piss off the Chinese. :ROFLMAO:

People who grew up in wealth tend to be because they've never experienced hardship or worry. On the flip side, a lot of people who come from "old money" (I mean the kind where they wear old jeans and drive old, beat up pickup trucks) are a lot more grounded/conservative, so I guess it's "new...

"This isn't what I meant!" said the spoiled trust-fund dumbass, who once complained about capitalism on Twitter via her $2,000 iPhone and while sipping her $20.00 Starbucks.

Well yeah, but the difference is that the Republicans, to my limited knowledge, haven't tried to basically and hypocritically (or would it be grifting?) whitewash the more darker elements of their past to the public like the Democrats have done -- the slavery thing being a key example, and which...

Overkill can be wasteful... unless it's a "nuke it from orbit" situation (such as Australian wildlife escaping containment into the world because fuck Australian spiders, snakes, jellyfish, and kamikaze drop bears).

Er, yes...? I did say the Republicans weren't saints, but they weren't the party that, for example, tried to portray themselves as anti-slavery when the proverbial wind shifted, when they were full on pro-slavery pretty much two minutes into the past. The fact that many people now believe that...

The same downsized navy that is still active in almost every world theatre? :p I mean yeah, I disagree with the downsizing (our government are a bunch of cunts), but efficiency is a thing. You don't need to send five boats to do the job of two boats, but like a lot of things, Americans didn't...

We don't need them. :ROFLMAO: Having a twelve foot dong is more a hindrance if it means you can't actually walk.

They've really only had a few successes -- overt as in military invasions, covert as in Glowie Ops, it doesn't matter -- compared to their failures. I mean, there's Germany, Japan, South Korea, et cetera, but there's also the Armpit of the World (Iraq, Afghanistan, et cetera), Vietnam... C'mon...

While the Republicans aren't saints, the Democrats do seem to be the ones who fuck up and then try to whitewash their own image in the eyes of the public. Then again, when the US intervenes in any foreign matter, there's a 60% chance it's going to be a crapshoot result for everyone involved...