great comment from some instance we're not federated with:
What land war? China is essentially a coastal country. There’s not a great way to invade China by land unless you’re Mongolia.
ah yes, just invade the coasts bro. worked super well for japan, and they didnt have to wage a land war at all. china's got no interior, it's all fake.
Chongqing?? Where's that? Sounds fake.
"We need only kick in the coasts and the whole rotten wideland will collapse"
And this is a war the U.S. will not or cannot win for many reasons. Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was correct when he warned that anyone considering fighting a land war in Asia “needed to have his or her mind examined.”
It is one of the classic blunders, after all, the second being never going against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
The infinitesimal sliver of people on Earth who actually want war are idiots in government, weapons manufacturers, and Wall Street.
Around 8 Billion people —and every animal on Earth want nothing to do with war.
Tell that to the ants engaged in perpetual and brutal world wars.
For real though fuck the warmongers. Who wakes up and goes "you know what I want to do today? Kill people at scale for money. Then maybe brunch". That's top tier evil
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait provoked an overwhelming response by a large international coalition led by the U.S. After Sept. 11, the U.S. did not have to invade Afghanistan to destroy al Qaeda or kill Osama bin Laden.
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was correct when he warned that anyone considering fighting a land war in Asia “needed to have his or her mind examined.” In this case, what is the meaning of victory and winning?
Based on actual past invasions in World War II and Korea, particularly Normandy in 1944 and Okinawa a year later, upwards of 5,000 or more ships and small craft and several hundreds of thousands of soldiers and marines would be required.
Given China as the “pacing” or principal threat, what happens if the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the effort to protect the Red Sea from Houthi attacks escalate?
The U.S. needs to change its focus from assuming the burdens for “competing, deterring and defeating or prevailing” over specific adversaries outlined in the National Defense Strategy to working through and with allies in NATO and Asia to prevent war and its escalation.
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