China v The US. Do we (the world) need to be worried?

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Re: China v The US. Do we (the world) need to be worried?

Post by FBM » Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:21 am

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Maybe at first. But North Korea will probably see it as an opportunity to increase their local clout by helping both China and SK against Japan, the only country they hate worse than either the US or SK. But if NK attacks Japan, the US is obligated to step up to defend Japan, and once the US turns Pyungyang into a glass parking lot, China will retaliate and the next thing you know I'll be without broadband internet access. :what:
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:58 am

I don't know why, but for some reason I feel that nuclear war between grown up functioning states (i.e. not including NK) is less likely now than in the cold war. Advanced militaries have far more advanced conventional weapons these days that could do more targeted significant damage without a couple of mil of dead citizens. No one wants their whole country turned into glass.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:29 am

Best thing to do is have the UN assign the whole ruddy area a British Mandate. We will maintain it until the locals are ready for peaceful diplomacy.
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Re: China v The US. Do we (the world) need to be worried?

Post by JimC » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:48 am

FBM wrote:

...the next thing you know I'll be without broadband internet access...
Fuck! I didn't know it was that serious! :shock:

Next thing you'll be telling me that the resulting conflagration will disrupt world gin production! :cry:
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:53 am

Before you know it, the Glorious Glousters will get reformed, just in time to be bombed by the Yanks on the Imjin river.
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Post by Trinity » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:54 am

What about the Gay Gordons?

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Post by JimC » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:54 am

I may move to Tasmania...
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Post by JimC » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:55 am

Trinity wrote:What about the Gay Gordons?
That's a neat Gordon's gin with a splash of pink liqueur, ain't it?
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Post by Audley Strange » Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:17 pm

JimC wrote:
Trinity wrote:What about the Gay Gordons?
That's a neat Gordon's gin with a splash of pink liqueur, ain't it?
In one of my old job it was the name of a clique of homosexualist men who were all called, unsurprisingly, Gordon. Not hilarious, but genuinely true.

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Post by Tyrannical » Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:59 pm

I certainly don't trust the Chinese. It was a mistake to ever open trade or travel with them.
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:33 pm

Their skin colour is too yellow.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:36 pm

I'm surprised Argentian hasn't claimed these rocks. They usually do.
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Post by Svartalf » Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:23 pm

They fear China more than Blighty
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Re: China v The US. Do we (the world) need to be worried?

Post by Warren Dew » Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:35 pm

Tyrannical wrote:I certainly don't trust the Chinese. It was a mistake to ever open trade or travel with them.
Why do you give Japan a pass?

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Re: China v The US. Do we (the world) need to be worried?

Post by Tyrannical » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:58 pm

Warren Dew wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:I certainly don't trust the Chinese. It was a mistake to ever open trade or travel with them.
Why do you give Japan a pass?
Because I trust the Japanese to do what is best for the Japanese. I distrust the Chinese for the same reason.
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