Out of Pod Experience

China has one very real fear, and that is that the U.S. will reprimand them in some way for aiding N. Korea directly, so they WILL NOT get involved in the war. They may send weapons or something, but to be completely honest the war will end so quickly it wouldn't be meaningful.

Why is China scared?

Because a popular President that was lucky enough to hit the crest of the interweb market boom decided to prolong the upturn, and bend over Europe in the process.. signed a free trade act with China in 1999 that got them into the WOT. It was believed this would increase jobs in the States and keep the small business interweb boom afloat, and China's industry wasn't ready and would lose jobs to other countries.

What actually happened was Walmart gave birth to AI.. Artifical Income. The result was that other corp powers, lead by Wallyworld, ended up getting mass goods imported from China.. because as it turned out, China's Industry was up to task to develop reasonable quality goods at a fraction of the cost the States and European countries would. Fort Knox is now the property of the Republic and small companies got buried by the large Corps with the none tariff'd goods they could import from China. Simply look at Walmarts spike since 1999.. as well as China's economy. What a coincidence..

China and several key parent Corporations do not want the States lust to consume fickle material possessions harmed with bad publicity. Who buys Russian anything besides Vodka because of Cold War? Look at what happened to Toyota with bad publicity.. American car companies boomed same time Toyota took a sharp downward hit. What a coincidence..

Imagine China funding a country at war with the States.. imagine.. WW2 sleeping giant machine waking up again. No country really wants the States to hit the level of power without a Soviet Union counter. Especailly since the biggest reveal is China themselves, and their economy is so strongly tied to the US purchasing power. Hence.. China is scared of funding anyone vs US.

This is not new, also, Europe is very happy that America has such a large army and is so militaristic, because it means they don't have to spend a lot on their own militaries. They get to have nice little compact defense forces, and leave all the major stuff (including all the logistics) to the United States. For those that argue, in order to become a NATO member, your country must surrender all logistics and command structure to the American military. That being said, it generally allows a country to enjoy unprecedented levels of wealth and happiness.

I was stationed in SK. It's no joke. People go on with their daily lives and such, but I'd compare it to living next to an active volcano.

If the balloon ever goes up, hundreds of thousands and possibly millions will die on both sides in a matter of days, possibly hours. Seoul will be completely gone in under an hour. Other places like Taegu in the south will probably survive but there will be a massive push north to stop the barrage. The West would definitely win...both sides know this. However, everyone also knows that winning isn't the goal here...it's keeping the status quo that's of utmost importance. The casualties will be so high that winning is just an afterthought.

That said, South Korea is not NATO; they are well-trained, well-equipped, extremely disciplined, and tough as nails. They haven't fully embraced western military employment tactics but they are a bunch of badasses, make no mistake.

Why you take the **** of our glorious leader? just because you have no faith in your politicians doesn't the mean the rest of the world does. It is understandable you are so afraid of your inferiority because you know its only time.

Only time before the son of our god leads us all to wage war on the US and its puppet nations, then the rest of the world will know how nations should lead.

News flash: America is the sole superpower and to dislodge it from that position would require inhuman levels of luck and unity amongst every other nation on the planet.

This is not new, also, Europe is very happy that America has such a large army and is so militaristic, because it means they don't have to spend a lot on their own militaries. They get to have nice little compact defense forces, and leave all the major stuff (including all the logistics) to the United States. For those that argue, in order to become a NATO member, your country must surrender all logistics and command structure to the American military. That being said, it generally allows a country to enjoy unprecedented levels of wealth and happiness.

America is ****** because of inequality, but that's a different debate.

after the nuclear incidents in NK a year or 2 ago, china was mad at north korea. china would not support north korea in a war.
what would happen if they did?

america would most likely ignore all its previous debt to china.
america has the technological firepower to win any war with china.
exports from china to the US would cease, exports to america are the biggest money source of china, their companies would begin to fail.
at the same time, american made companies would rise in america, during war, america bands together

South korea has $$ and very very well trained and equipped troops, North korea has decently equipped troops, but a helluva lot more.
I don't think south korea could hold out on its own, but i'm 90% sure america would be able to defend at least half the country before pushing them back.

The UK has no need of the USA to win wars. Also China would tear USA apart if it ever went after them.

Now for a reality check.

Putting a carrier fleet into range of the world largest airforce which also has stealth aircraft is a terrible idea as is discounding the worlds third largest collection of nukes. Then you have the problem of the chinese have perhaps the best tank in the world. It might look like an outdated cold war relic but it is infact armed with some fantastic equipment. If you point a laser at it from say, a javlin the tanks crew will instantly know where you are. Best of all is their ability to track the radio communications by forces using BOWMAN, which is everyone in NATO. They dont know what is being said but that doesnt matter when you know exactly where the enemy is. This tank also gets thrown out the back of a plane as a paratrooper.