Originally posted by rmatrem
Are you serious? Please read up on U.S. history... I don't think you understand what it means to be American.

History? There is no precedent, barring the Revolution.
Really, how many times has the US actually been occupied?
I am talking about now, not 200 years ago. The average Joe in the US is not a soldier and you cannot rely on the populace at large to take up arms.
Most are comfortable in their little lives and if push came to shove I doubt you would see a mass rebellion.
Isolated pockets of resistance maybe, but put a normal person in a survival situation and most would do what was necessary to survive and that would
undoubtably be not fighting those who would be in control of food and water supplies. If the American people are so fiery and will rise up against any
oppressor, then why are so many apathetic about doing something about your own corrupt, morally bankrupt Government?
Because most don't actually care. Its the same in any developed nation. People are to fat, lazy and apathetic to do anything about anything. And the
Americans are the fattest and lazyiest of the lot (no offence, but Americans do have the worlds highest levels of obesity and other "rich"
dieseases)
Whilst you may have nice, rosy ideals about the "Brave American people", truth is, can you really rely on you fellow citizen to be such a person?
In any case, the Chinese dude has made it quite clear he would not concern himself about civilian deaths, so any uprising would be met with a
massacre. They want the land, not the people.