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Originally posted by starwarsisreal
reply to post by kro32
Very reasonable but one problem would China risk having nukes raining down on them
its pretty safe to say the us will never get involved with vietnam ever agian.
china has one thing going for it if it comes to a war with vietnam
no liberals.
its a safe bet china will come out on top if it does come to war between them
Originally posted by kro32
Originally posted by starwarsisreal
reply to post by kro32
Very reasonable but one problem would China risk having nukes raining down on them
Highly highly unlikely as they would fire back. Also we still rely on China for so much that I don't see us risking our economy over this. I am usually the last person here to predict things but the more I think about this the more it seems logical. China has always been pissed about Taiwan and has always claimed that it still belonged to them and that they would get it back.
Originally posted by BobAthome
reply to post by BobAthome
WOW
viet-studies.info...
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"Zhang points out that the country has misinterpreted the Mutual Defense Treaty it signed with the United States in 1951, which pledges the US military interference and protection once the Philippines territory is attacked or occupied. Judging from the constant disputes between the Philippines, Vietnam, and China in the South China Sea, Zhang predicts that the United States "will definitely not" get involved if the Philippines does go to war with neighbouring countries over such disputes. Second, Zhang opines that the Philippines has miscalculated its anticipation of a potential military confrontation between Vietnam and China since it is "seemingly imminent but highly unlikely." Zhang believes that Vietnam would never want to go to war with China. He observes that Vietnam's recent hawkish stance against China has a lot to do with its own economic situation, which has been worsened by a 10-percent Consumer Price Index (CPI). With the CPI high enough for causing a social unrest, Zhang believes that Vietnam's recent gesture of "nationalism" reflects its anxiety to deflect people's attention from domestic economic woes and thus prevent the Jasmine Revolution, which originated in North Africa, from cloning itself in Vietnam. Zhang also notes that George Soros, the notorious speculator, is probably getting ready to "swallow" Vietnam, just like what he did to Thailand in 1997. "
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