Absolute Capitalism

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Then we'd have lost millions of lives finishing Japan off. Better them then us, if we have to choose.

Actually, Japan had a fairly reasonable peace treaty on the table before we dropped the A-bomb. There wasn't really much of a job to finish. And quite frankly, your elevation of American lives above Japanese ones is disturbing, especially considering that the Americans who would have died at least had some idea what they were getting into (not that it would have justified the Japanese in killing them.)

 

[ilduce349]

By the way, theoretical issues aside, how would you justify such an attack? Or put differently: would "you become too powerful for us" suffice as a justification for you?

Your communist regime that has take over the country for the past 60 years has absolutly destroyed the people. Prepare to die.
Also I said we have to have more power then them.
In a war China would kick our ass. we would both sign nuclear treaties (as nuking would end the world) and China would enforce conscription. 1.4 billion people will enter America and just destroy everything. That is y i dont support a war with china.

China is very quickly poised to take over America's role as the sole superpower. They have us by the balls in debt, roughly double our population, a massive military, and are effectively impervious to any effort of invasion by virtue of their sheer numbers.

since when is 1.38 billion twice as large as 0.32 billion

We have enough nukes to destroy the world, so, we could at least tie the world in a war, I don't think anybody will touch us.

Russia has enough nukes to destroy the world 5 times over
America has enough nukes to destroy the world 4 times over
England, France and China all have enough nukes to destroy the world 1 time over
Canada has enough nukes to destroy 2/3 of the world. GO CANADA

 

[ZeletDude]

Canada has enough nukes to destroy 2/3 of the world. GO CANADA

I Don't know if you're joking but Canada doesn't have Nukes..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons

 

[Grimz101]

China could never invade America, their navy isn't even blue water.

 

[Lord of Elves]

I think he may be listing Canada's nukes as part of the Commonwealth's nukes? I dunno.

 

[NBAfan]

China could never invade America, their navy isn't even blue water.

They can't invade, but their navy is stronger then you might think it is.

 

[Cutlass]

They can't invade, but their navy is stronger then you might think it is.

Almost strong enough to reach as far as Japan if we decide to stop it.

 

[Grimz101]

They can't invade, but their navy is stronger then you might think it is.

Maybe in 10 years they way they're spending money.. but right now, their navy would be target practise for America.

 

[ZeletDude]

I think he may be listing Canada's nukes as part of the Commonwealth's nukes? I dunno.

Perhaps, but I don't think the U.K "shares" its Nuclear Weapons with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belize.. etc..

 

[ilduce349]

I Don't know if you're joking but Canada doesn't have Nukes..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons

Canada is the leading producing of Uranium isotopes used in Nuclear powerplants, medicine and weapons and curently produce 40% of the worlds U. over 90% of what they make goes to america. Also we currently are storying 1200 nukes for america.

 

[History_Buff]

Also we currently are storying 1200 nukes for america.

No, we aren't. Not since '84.

Perhaps, but I don't think the U.K "shares" its Nuclear Weapons with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belize.. etc..

The UK didn't. Canada was once host to American Nuclear Weapons, including outfitting Canadian aircraft to deliver them, but we haven't had any for 25 years.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

My point, if anyone attacks us, they'd better think twice about it, because we have enough nukes to nuke the world into the ground.

I love my nukes
I want you to love me
When I'm feelin' down
I want you above me
I search myself
I want you to find me
I forget myself
I want you to remind me

I don't want anybody else
When I think about nukes
I touch myself
I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no

 

[ilduce349]

No, we aren't. Not since '84.

The source they I got it from was from 99, however it was 3 years ago so I might be a little off.

However the other statistics are from this year so I no they're not off

 

[Lord of Elves]

Unless Canada is holding nukes for the Commonwealth, which according to History Buff and ZeletDude it is not, then I doubt there are any nukes in Canada at the moment. The Cold War is over, so the govt. would probably be wise to return unnecessarily-held nukes back to our borders.

 

[ilduce349]

Yeah, I got the stats from a textbook in 99, however the textbook we where using might have been old

 

[History_Buff]

Well, if that's what it said, the textbook was wrong. The actual warheads were 'purchased' American, and under the change of American troops in Canada, while they would be turned over to Canada were a war with the USSR to really get going. Getting rid of all these things was a big reason why Diefenbaker lost his re-election bid. The last nuclear weapons normally deployed in Canada were the Genie missiles for our Voodoo aircraft. When we retired the aircraft, we scrapped the missiles as well.

What there may still be at any given moment is American bombers with nuclear payloads transiting through Canada, or at Canadian airbases, but the weapons are neither ours, nor are they stored by us.

 

[ilduce349]

diefenbaker was the bush of canada, what a pitty (worst pm ever)