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My First Response Was....
« on: September 25, 2012, 03:08:42 PM »
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We're going to show them how they could have beat us in the WWII....

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444083304578013692399658834.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
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Re: My First Response Was....
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2012, 03:56:59 PM »
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We're going to show them how they could have beat us in the WWII....

Pre-emptive kamikaze attacks on Chinese naval bases?
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Re: My First Response Was....
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2012, 04:00:12 PM »
Unless they're showing them how to shoot down bombers with nukes I think what you just said is wrong.

And really, would letting Communist China take over Japanese territory be a better option?
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Re: My First Response Was....
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 04:05:13 PM »
Quote from: Balog on September 25, 2012, 04:00:12 PM
Unless they're showing them how to shoot down bombers with nukes I think what you just said is wrong.

And really, would letting Communist China take over Japanese territory be a better option?

We splashed ashore on quite a few islands to get us within bomber range....


(And no, I don't want the PRC to take over....I simply found it ironic what we are now training the Japanese to do...)
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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 05:07:38 PM »
I'm thinking this is more of upping their ability (at least on paper, for purposes of intl. brinkmanship) to re-take any islands that might be invaded by the PRC.

Like the currently disputed islands the PRC is sabre rattling over Japan and the Philippines with. 
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Re: My First Response Was....
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2012, 09:30:55 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on September 25, 2012, 04:05:13 PM
We splashed ashore on quite a few islands to get us within bomber range....


(And no, I don't want the PRC to take over....I simply found it ironic what we are now training the Japanese to do...)

Wouldn't help them any. If we needed to nuke them again for whatever reason, we won't be doing it via bomber, most likely. Submarines don't need islands, and our ICBMs have a pretty good range on them.
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