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War Games: The Battle For Taiwan
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What I find most amazing about this is the general consensus in U.S. media that war with China is a foregone conclusion. No attempt to look for a peaceful solution, even 'gamifying' the prospect of the (potentially) bloodiest war since WWII. That aside, a few observations:
1. American Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson once said, “A ship's a fool to fight a fort.” To stop China in an invasion scenario, Taiwan and allies would need to decapitate mainland China. How do they do that without putting boots on the ground? Long range missiles from Guam/ Philippines/ Australia won't cut it. To make matters worse, Taiwan has to be fully (mostly) resupplied by ship, leaving them vulnerable to anti-ship missiles/ submarines. Any resupplies/ combat groups arriving by ship would be subject to immense firepower. China has spent the last few years building an impressive stockpile of missiles (ballistic/ cruise/ hypersonic/ anti-ship/ anti-air) that they could use to devastating effect.
2. All this war talk assumes China will invade Taiwan. The CPC stated that it wanted to reunify with Taiwan by 2049. Taiwan and China have a lot of things in common and the trajectory of their relations (esp trade) pointed to a natural reunification over time. These games + Western policy makers assume that China wants to invade Taiwan in the next few years and are ramping up the war rhetoric. What if China waits them out? What happens then? China has proven to be very patient and I won't be surprised if they did not invade Taiwan anytime soon. They know that time is on their side.
3. There are only two reasons that would initiate a forceful reunification with Taiwan on China's part: a formal declaration of independence and the opening of a foreign military base on the island. Anything else is just provocative and would elicit an appropriate response from China i.e., trade sanctions/ embargoes, war games etc. I believe as long as Taiwan/ the West does not cross these lines, China will not invade.
I honestly hope that calmer minds prevail in this situation. War of this magnitude is the last thing the world needs and our leaders should look for a peaceful solution!
" We want deterrence" they say , then why did you prevent Taiwan from deploying nuclear weapons ?
Is this game available to the public ? We hope so and if not what are you waiting for ?
can someone tell me why the interactions with these people are so cringe?
This media won't be satisfied until everything is gone with a nuclear war. They keep beating the war drum nonstop.
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. .period
The panel itself doesn’t have any idea about war. Doing it politically which is pro China.
Ww3 over a island man
China can used Nuclear on Japan if Japan involved,payback for 2ww,
one thing im certain when china invade taiwan US pacific fleet will 1st attack south china sea air bases of china to paralized chinese military in south china sea in supporting its main force near taiwan
😂😂😂😂a bunch of baloney
It smells like 3rd world war
3 day war coming right up
I wouldn't even pretend
Charge.
They do the opposite every single time Don't they
There going to manifest it . They stopped but didn't quite. They quite but didn't stop
You all need to stop right now
See they just can't talk no for an answer
You just might get it you might regret it
I can still see they all have a hard head
How do I get through to you . Your want peace ✌
So China will bomb Hawaii, Japan and probably California but the U.S. won't attack mainland China? the way we did in Iraq (Baghdad) taking out their communication systems and weapon industry? I'm no war strategist but it seems to me by keeping the fight solely around Taiwan means we won't stop China from perpetuating war. I mean once world war 3 starts we have to go all in not half-assed. It just doesn't make sense to me. But this does sound like the U.S. very timid at first and hesitant.
Would North Korea immediately attack South Korea🤔