Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Deliberately Provoking Nuclear War With China!" video.

@Chuck_Hooks Just as long as it doesn't help any Americans or give us the idea that politicians can be pressured to do the right thing for typical people in the country.
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Except that there's been an ongoing process of devolving Scotland for many years at this point. It would be more like China saying to Northern Ireland that they really ought to be with the rest of Ireland. or the UK that you should really own Ireland. Although that's not perfect as there is a recognized status in all those cases that people can agree on.
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Speaking as somebody who has lived over there, they aren't anywhere near we are in terms of military capabilities and by the time they are, the population will have shrunk enough to make it a relatively fair fight. But, if we pick a fight now, they have enough weapons and military personnel to put a massive hurt on our allies in the region and possibly destroy our economy. It is not a smart move. The better move is to wait until the country collapses under the weight of the incompetent and corrupt leaders and go in with olive branches and offers of assistance for anybody willing to commit to meaningful democratization.
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I think she hopes that they'll nuke DC while she's on her trip to Taiwan and will then be POTUS when she comes back. Or, she's finally lost her last marble.
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He's not wrong. China lacks the naval and logistical systems to engage in a more conventional war like the Japanese did during WWII, or the US did during the Vietnam conflict. China can't presently invade Taiwan for several reasons even if you ignore the US, they simply don't have the number of boats to make it across from the mainland quickly enough to do the job. It's more or less what failed the previous attempts. If China thinks that it's existence is at risk, their only real military options are to strike close to home at the US' allies, or use nukes on the US. And keep in mind that China is a much weaker country in most regards than the media will have you believe. They have a massive population, but fewer than 1/10 of the population positively supports the party, most of the rest are indifferent. Much of the manufacturing activity is being moved to cheaper parts of Asia, and what technology they do produce tends to be riddled with manufacturing and design defects. But, they do have nukes and their leadership has a track record of being willing to kill tens of millions of people if need be in pursuit of one of their goals. Once you kill tens of millions, there isn't necessarily that bige of a jump to billions. The numbers are already so large as to be practically impossible to comprehend.
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I wouldn't necessarily count on that. I do think that China will take a longer term view on it rather than firing nukes, but nukes are their main military option as they don't have the gear and vehicles to engage Korea, or Japan and certainly not the US. I also wouldn't assume that killing billions is going to be an issue for the leaders, it wasn't that long ago that they killed tens of millions of their own people via incomptetent domestic policy, a jump from there to billions isn't really that large. That being said, I'd expect that they would form a block with Russia and possibly India as trading partners and menace the allies that the US does have in the region on top of engaging in other issues with finance, trade and currency as they don't currently benefit to the extent that they had when they signed on to those treaties.
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I'm sure she'd argue that having won the election by representatives that were voted on by the people that she's just as legitimate as the President. And really, neither politician really represents the people due to how corrupt and anti-democratic the selection for those positions is.
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Taiwan is considered by the People's Republic of China to be Taiwan Province, it is one of several "autonomous zones" within the larger PRC. The official line more or less is that Taiwan Province belongs to the PRC, but they choose not to exercise control over it.
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