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Originally Posted by cthulu23
Yep, the Chinese system is pretty fucked up and I can respect your boycott of goods manufactured by them. However, do you really advocate for military action against them? That is a war that no reasonable person that I know of wants to fight.
If you're worried about Taiwanese independence, as I stated in an earlier post, there is a game we play with the Chinese over Taiwan. The Chinese don't invade and we don't recognize Taiwanese independence. We both know that changing that stance could lead to a world war.
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Ancient wise man say: "Easier to kill cub than full-grown wolf." I don't know about advocating a full-scale war with them, but spreading our national legs wide and WWIII are not the only options. We should stop buying goods from them, period. We should stop selling our debt to them, period. We need the jobs here more than we need access to their markets.
I'm worried about "mixed messages" being sent. I remember how Kuwait got invaded. They already view us as their national enemy. We've been involved with one shooting war with them (Korea) and another war where they aided our enemy (Vietnam). They're rapidly approaching the cusp where they can legitimately (not as in justifiably, but as in credibly) threaten Japan (and there's A LOT of emnity directed towards Japan....the Japanese may have forgotten Nanking, but trust me, the Chinese haven't.) They're trying to build a blue-water navy, which is a great big red flag waving that we seem to refuse to see. They took Tibet. They're making growling noises towards Taiwan. After they eat Taiwan, they're not going to suddenly say "We're full, thanks!"