Do you Think We Should Start A War with China?

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Should we start a war with China?
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19 Feb 2009, 1:32 am

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I think we should start a civil war in China and then join one side of the war. The reasons are numerous.

1) It would bring back the economy, spending money on a war brought us out of a depression, it would do the same now.

2) We need to eliminate the communist dictatorship that exists in China. It has major gross human rights violations. By eliminating the Chinese government we eliminate the only existing super power that seriously violates human rights.

3) We could reduce the national debt and the trade deficit. We would not need to pay China what we owe them. And we would not be purchasing goods them. Instead we would be manufacturing them in the United States.

4) China is destroying the environment. The amount of population is incrediablty destructive to the planet, and people living there, and soon the oceans and the even the world's ecosystem.

5) If helped Chinese people over throw their government, we would become allies, and help the Chinese people live in and experience a Democracy like the rest of the world's superpowers.

What do you think? Should we allow China to continue as it is? Or is now the time to overturn their government, before it is to late?



If we lost such a war, for which there is signifigant chance, our country would be DEVASTATED by nuclear weapons. If you think Russia would sit idly by and stay out of this conflict you are Sorely mistaken! Russia and China are de facto allies and you can better believe Russia would intervene. Such a war with China most certainly WILL involve nuclear weapons!
Other than the US, the worlds most militarily powerful nations are NOT democratic! You should not assume that war is always good for the economy. And a war involving nuclear weapons sure as bloody hell WOULD NOT be. The vietnam war created debt which contributed to the recession in the 70s and it may very well be that our country cannot financially afford ANY kind of major war right now. :? But Im not suprised that someone from Idaho would come up with such a stupid and perposterous idea.


BTW, I sure hope that there are Russian and/or Chinese ICBMs aimed at Idaho!! 8)



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19 Feb 2009, 3:45 am

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I think we should start a civil war in China and then join one side of the war. The reasons are numerous.

1) It would bring back the economy, spending money on a war brought us out of a depression, it would do the same now.

2) We need to eliminate the communist dictatorship that exists in China. It has major gross human rights violations. By eliminating the Chinese government we eliminate the only existing super power that seriously violates human rights.

3) We could reduce the national debt and the trade deficit. We would not need to pay China what we owe them. And we would not be purchasing goods them. Instead we would be manufacturing them in the United States.

4) China is destroying the environment. The amount of population is incrediablty destructive to the planet, and people living there, and soon the oceans and the even the world's ecosystem.

5) If helped Chinese people over throw their government, we would become allies, and help the Chinese people live in and experience a Democracy like the rest of the world's superpowers.

What do you think? Should we allow China to continue as it is? Or is now the time to overturn their government, before it is to late?



If we lost such a war, for which there is signifigant chance, our country would be DEVASTATED by nuclear weapons. If you think Russia would sit idly by and stay out of this conflict you are Sorely mistaken! Russia and China are de facto allies and you can better believe Russia would intervene. Such a war with China most certainly WILL involve nuclear weapons!
Other than the US, the worlds most militarily powerful nations are NOT democratic! You should not assume that war is always good for the economy. And a war involving nuclear weapons sure as bloody hell WOULD NOT be. The vietnam war created debt which contributed to the recession in the 70s and it may very well be that our country cannot financially afford ANY kind of major war right now. :? But Im not suprised that someone from Idaho would come up with such a stupid and perposterous idea.


BTW, I sure hope that there are Russian and/or Chinese ICBMs aimed at Idaho!! 8)


Most the US debt is to China, which would be absolved. So 4.5 Trillion would be cut from the deficit. In addition, our trade deficit would be cut in half too. That would boost the economy. China could not use nuclear weapons in a civil war, are not capable of understanding that? China does not have nuclear weapons to reach here. And Russia is starving, so it wouldn't lift a finger.

And feel free to attack Idaho all you want. But we invented the television and produced the chips in your computer, not just potato chips. My home town has more PhD's per capital than any other city in America.

If we lost the war, China would just remain in the hands of the Communist Party. It would not take over the US. But since you think so highly of the USA, why wouldn't you be for it if you think the Communist Party is such a great thing for the Chinese people.



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19 Feb 2009, 4:12 am

IdahoAspie wrote:
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@ the op, is this post meant to be taken seriously, or are you being satirical


It is a "what if" thought exercise. When is a war justified. I think against China it is. Only its size and the task is would be hard to do. And why should the US do it, and not everyone.

I don't think anyone can serious defend China's dictatorship that slaughters people on a massive scale, pollutes the atmosphere on a global scale, and oppresses the basic human rights of billions.

If the Chinese people wanted to revolt, and take their country, by force, why wouldn't they be justified in doing so? Why shouldn't the USA help in that noble endeavor?

We should not be bombing innocent people. But I have no problems with bombing evil people that slaughter millions or those that defend them.


OMG this has to be the single most stupid / idiotic post that I have seen on this forum, are you by chance related to Fred Phelps


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19 Feb 2009, 4:35 am

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China could not use nuclear weapons in a civil war, are not capable of understanding that? China does not have nuclear weapons to reach here.


Are you daft?

China has a space program. If they can put men in orbit, they certainly can reach you with their nukes.

You strike me as amazingly uninformed.

When was this event when they killed millions? They certainly have and do kill people, but if they have killed "millions" as you claim, that is minimum of two "million" to make "millions". The peoples republic of China "the communist china" was founded in 1949. Killing two million people(or more? How many are you claiming?) over 60 years is 33 333 and 1/3 person per day. Everyday. For 60 years. Highly unlikely.

I thought you were a kid making wild claims. I looked you up. You are a grown man it seems. Do you think you could rectify your personal knowledge a little?

You can go to the CIA world factbook HERE to gather some pertinent facts. I once made a joke that Americans learn by rumor and gossip. You are making me think its true.

And voting is a PRIVILEGE. Even in the states. It is not a right. federal convicts cannot vote, people who are in the process of naturalization, and several other situations, such as being of unsound mind. Repeat after me: voting is a privilege, not a right.


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19 Feb 2009, 4:35 am

But that may remove a communist power that is so unfriendly towards the US, am I right?



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19 Feb 2009, 4:42 am

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But that may remove a communist power that is so unfriendly towards the US, am I right?


:roll: Firstly China is not f*****g COMMUNIST secondly and amongst a myriad of reasons why this proposal is f*****g stupid it would most likely leave (if the myth is to be believed) cockroaches in control of the planet.


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19 Feb 2009, 4:44 am

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But that may remove a communist power that is so unfriendly towards the US, am I right?


Anyone who is willing to trade with you as much as they do are not that unfriendly. Anyone who is willing to trade with them is not that unfriendly either.


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19 Feb 2009, 11:40 am

IdahoAspie wrote:
Haliphron wrote:
IdahoAspie wrote:
I think we should start a civil war in China and then join one side of the war. The reasons are numerous.

1) It would bring back the economy, spending money on a war brought us out of a depression, it would do the same now.

2) We need to eliminate the communist dictatorship that exists in China. It has major gross human rights violations. By eliminating the Chinese government we eliminate the only existing super power that seriously violates human rights.

3) We could reduce the national debt and the trade deficit. We would not need to pay China what we owe them. And we would not be purchasing goods them. Instead we would be manufacturing them in the United States.

4) China is destroying the environment. The amount of population is incrediablty destructive to the planet, and people living there, and soon the oceans and the even the world's ecosystem.

5) If helped Chinese people over throw their government, we would become allies, and help the Chinese people live in and experience a Democracy like the rest of the world's superpowers.

What do you think? Should we allow China to continue as it is? Or is now the time to overturn their government, before it is to late?



If we lost such a war, for which there is signifigant chance, our country would be DEVASTATED by nuclear weapons. If you think Russia would sit idly by and stay out of this conflict you are Sorely mistaken! Russia and China are de facto allies and you can better believe Russia would intervene. Such a war with China most certainly WILL involve nuclear weapons!
Other than the US, the worlds most militarily powerful nations are NOT democratic! You should not assume that war is always good for the economy. And a war involving nuclear weapons sure as bloody hell WOULD NOT be. The vietnam war created debt which contributed to the recession in the 70s and it may very well be that our country cannot financially afford ANY kind of major war right now. :? But Im not suprised that someone from Idaho would come up with such a stupid and perposterous idea.


BTW, I sure hope that there are Russian and/or Chinese ICBMs aimed at Idaho!! 8)


Most the US debt is to China, which would be absolved. So 4.5 Trillion would be cut from the deficit. In addition, our trade deficit would be cut in half too. That would boost the economy. China could not use nuclear weapons in a civil war, are not capable of understanding that? China does not have nuclear weapons to reach here. And Russia is starving, so it wouldn't lift a finger.

And feel free to attack Idaho all you want. But we invented the television and produced the chips in your computer, not just potato chips. My home town has more PhD's per capital than any other city in America.

If we lost the war, China would just remain in the hands of the Communist Party. It would not take over the US. But since you think so highly of the USA, why wouldn't you be for it if you think the Communist Party is such a great thing for the Chinese people.


I dont believe your BS about more PhDs per capita until you show some EVIDENCE for it. NO, Russia is not starving anymore in case you havent been paying attention for the last 8 years. Putin has managed to revive Russia's economy through the sale of oil and gas(mainly to Europe)and has invested that money in rebuilding Russia's military.China actually DOES have ICBMs that are capable of reaching the United States, and the chances of a civil war in contemporary china are exactly Zero. Idaho is a beautiful state, the only bad thing about it is the people :lol:.

And NO, the television was NOT invented in Idaho! It was invented de facto in Pennsylvania(Pittsburg to be exact). :wink:



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19 Feb 2009, 11:56 am

Haliphron wrote:
IdahoAspie wrote:
Haliphron wrote:
IdahoAspie wrote:
I think we should start a civil war in China and then join one side of the war. The reasons are numerous.

1) It would bring back the economy, spending money on a war brought us out of a depression, it would do the same now.

2) We need to eliminate the communist dictatorship that exists in China. It has major gross human rights violations. By eliminating the Chinese government we eliminate the only existing super power that seriously violates human rights.

3) We could reduce the national debt and the trade deficit. We would not need to pay China what we owe them. And we would not be purchasing goods them. Instead we would be manufacturing them in the United States.

4) China is destroying the environment. The amount of population is incrediablty destructive to the planet, and people living there, and soon the oceans and the even the world's ecosystem.

5) If helped Chinese people over throw their government, we would become allies, and help the Chinese people live in and experience a Democracy like the rest of the world's superpowers.

What do you think? Should we allow China to continue as it is? Or is now the time to overturn their government, before it is to late?



If we lost such a war, for which there is signifigant chance, our country would be DEVASTATED by nuclear weapons. If you think Russia would sit idly by and stay out of this conflict you are Sorely mistaken! Russia and China are de facto allies and you can better believe Russia would intervene. Such a war with China most certainly WILL involve nuclear weapons!
Other than the US, the worlds most militarily powerful nations are NOT democratic! You should not assume that war is always good for the economy. And a war involving nuclear weapons sure as bloody hell WOULD NOT be. The vietnam war created debt which contributed to the recession in the 70s and it may very well be that our country cannot financially afford ANY kind of major war right now. :? But Im not suprised that someone from Idaho would come up with such a stupid and perposterous idea.


BTW, I sure hope that there are Russian and/or Chinese ICBMs aimed at Idaho!! 8)


Most the US debt is to China, which would be absolved. So 4.5 Trillion would be cut from the deficit. In addition, our trade deficit would be cut in half too. That would boost the economy. China could not use nuclear weapons in a civil war, are not capable of understanding that? China does not have nuclear weapons to reach here. And Russia is starving, so it wouldn't lift a finger.

And feel free to attack Idaho all you want. But we invented the television and produced the chips in your computer, not just potato chips. My home town has more PhD's per capital than any other city in America.

If we lost the war, China would just remain in the hands of the Communist Party. It would not take over the US. But since you think so highly of the USA, why wouldn't you be for it if you think the Communist Party is such a great thing for the Chinese people.


I dont believe your BS about more PhDs per capita until you show some EVIDENCE for it. And no, Russia is not starving anymore in case you havent been paying attention for the last 8 years. Putin has managed to revive Russia's economy through the sale of oil and gas(mainly to Europe)and has invested that money in rebuilding Russia's military.
China actually DOES have ICBMs that are capable of reaching the United States, and the chances of a civil war in contemporary china are exactly Zero. Idaho is a beautiful state, the only bad thing about it is the people :lol:.

And NO, the television was NOT invented in Idaho! It was more-or-less invented de facto in Pennsylvania(Pittsburg to be exact). :wink:


As idiotic as one person posting from Idaho might be it should not be taken as an excuse to defame all the people living there. I have no figures on the matter but just as a matter of general fairness I would assume a sector in Idaho with better reasoning capabilities.



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19 Feb 2009, 2:08 pm

The Only possible civil war scenario in China is a breakaway attempt by Tibet or Inner Mongolia. And honestly, because of the terrain and minimal population density I have no doubt that the Chinese government very well might consider the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Part of the reason being that China is large enough that the fallout would mainly settle within those regions and most of the casualties would be among NON-ethnic chinese(Tibetans and Mongols). The USSR conducted open air and underground testing in areas where the inhabitants were non-russian/non-european, like Kazakhstan for instance. :?



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19 Feb 2009, 8:59 pm

Fuzzy wrote:
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China could not use nuclear weapons in a civil war, are not capable of understanding that? China does not have nuclear weapons to reach here.


Are you daft?

China has a space program. If they can put men in orbit, they certainly can reach you with their nukes.

You strike me as amazingly uninformed.

When was this event when they killed millions? They certainly have and do kill people, but if they have killed "millions" as you claim, that is minimum of two "million" to make "millions". The peoples republic of China "the communist china" was founded in 1949. Killing two million people(or more? How many are you claiming?) over 60 years is 33 333 and 1/3 person per day. Everyday. For 60 years. Highly unlikely.

Ummm.... The "millions dead" stat is usually in the context of the mass death and starvation brought about under Mao Zedong. Estimates run well into the tens of millions, making it quite possibly the biggest man made disaster (not counting wars) by death toll in the history of history. There are some citations (although I haven't checked how trustworth they are) here. Whether or not that is to be interpreted as "slaughter" is another matter, but it seems pretty obvious that that's what he's talking about.

On the other hand, that particular disaster isn't exactly ongoing.

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NO, Russia is not starving anymore in case you havent been paying attention for the last 8 years.

Right, but the collapse of the commodities markets is wreaking havoc on the Russian economy. The MICEX is down ~65% from its peak, the 52 week change on the RTS is like -75% or something. I mean, I'm not sure if Russia as a whole is doing any worse than anyone else, but my impression is that the past few months have not been kind to the Kremlin. Now that the rug's been pulled out, it looks like the big winners of the last 8 years are in for a rough ride.


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19 Feb 2009, 9:14 pm

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we would become allies


how lovely!



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19 Feb 2009, 9:18 pm

twoshots: You're correct about the recent downturn in the Russian economy but that Still wouldnt prevent them from Using their military against US forces if the US decided to attack China. The DO still have at least 1,500 land-based ICBMs that can reach the US mainland.



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19 Feb 2009, 9:21 pm

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twoshots: You're correct about the recent downturn in the Russian economy but that Still wouldnt prevent them from Using their military against US forces if the US decided to attack China. The DO still have at least 1,500 land-based ICBMs that can reach the US mainland.

Yep. Seriously, a Russo-Chinese-American war would be like the mother of all clusterfacks.


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20 Feb 2009, 3:00 pm

In my opinion, wars should not be started for moral reasons as you are suggesting. The fact that atrocities happen in China is not good, of course, but starting a war over that would be ridiculous. It would cause much more suffering for people in the USA, China and any other countries who got involved. It is ironic, really, that you want the USA to go and kill Chinese people (who will be ordinary, innocent Chinese people) to stop the Chinese government making their lives bad.



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20 Feb 2009, 7:50 pm

Why is there no option in the poll for "Are you f*****g insane?! !"