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Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
I think truly mature minds pondering over world events at this juncture in light of the fall of Western economies would be understanding of that very obvious concept and get past the pettiness of the "BUT IT'S JAPANS NOW... THEY STOLE IT FAIR A SQUARE!!" stunted mindset.
No mature mind says that. Mature minds say China stated the islands belonged to Japan for 70 years. Then, resources were found, and China immediately did a 180 and said they were Chinese. I will be happy to show MANY examples of China saying the islands were Japanese until 1969.
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
From 45 to 72 they were held by the US after defeating Japan as part of the RyuKyu Islands, but instead of giving them back to China, they turned around and gave them back to Japan who held them only 50 years WRONGLY... and why? Because we had Japans full surrender and they became somewhat puppetized by us and there is a good chance that all along these Islands were viewed as some sort of a chess piece in a very elaborate territory game.
Originally posted by Kashai
All things considered China is threating global war, in relation to trying to control these islands. Again the cause of war is a matter of recourses.
This could very well explain why the United States has begun moving its naval recourses into the pacific The current real threat to world peace is China.
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
reply to post by NotAnAspie
What do fear mongerers have to do with mature minds? China has been asserting their claim since 1970 after resources were found. This has nothing to do with security concerns. It has to do with them trying to take control of all resources in the area. This is n
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by OccamsRazor04
You are out of your mind if you think a force of Russia and China would just roll over that easily. No US casualties? Yeah right. I am not saying the US wouldn't win (if the world didn't end that is), but there would be HUGE losses.
We would be in trouble if we had to fight Iran and NK at once.
The China has too much invested in the US to fight us though, I think. Believe that China has been working on military technology just as much as the US has in secret.
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
From 45 to 72 they were held by the US after defeating Japan as part of the RyuKyu Islands, but instead of giving them back to China, they turned around and gave them back to Japan who held them only 50 years WRONGLY... and why? Because we had Japans full surrender and they became somewhat puppetized by us and there is a good chance that all along these Islands were viewed as some sort of a chess piece in a very elaborate territory game.
Completely false. They were ADMINISTERED by the US. They were still Japanese. They were rightfully given back to the Japanese government to administer at the end. If what you state is true, and we wanted our "puppet" to have more land, we wouldn't have returned anything. Certainly not lands that Japan owned prior to WWII. Your argument has no merit once the facts are analyzed.
Here is evidence relating to the islands ownership. This is evidence coming directly from CHINA. Not Japan or the US.
In the 1920's, Chinese Consul Feng Mien wrote a letter which the Japanese have on display that list the Senkaku islands as being part of the Empire of Japan.
1953, The People's Daily (communist part controlled paper so it's official) states the islands are Japanese.
In 1965, The Grand Atlas of the World Vol. 1 (Chinese) lists the Senkaku islands as being Japanese.
In 1969 the official PRC map lists Senkaku as being Japanese.
www.washingtontimes.com...
Recently Lee Teng-hui, the former President of Republic of China stated the Senkaku islands were Japanese (which is what his whole generation grew up believing).
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
We would steamroll both China and Russia. We would lose some ships, very few. They would be rebuilt with reparation money.
Originally posted by Kashai
All things considered China is threating global war, in relation to trying to control these islands. Again the cause of war is a matter of recourses. This could very well explain why the United States has begun moving its naval recourses into the pacific The current real threat to world peace is China. In its effort to expand in a world where all recourses have been indented and defined as belonging to a valid sovereign nation.
In this case Japan.
Any thoughts?
www.businessinsider.com
(visit the link for the full news article)edit on 13-1-2013 by Kashai because: modfed content
Originally posted by DarknStormy
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
We would steamroll both China and Russia. We would lose some ships, very few. They would be rebuilt with reparation money.
I don't think you understand the consequences of a war with both Russia and China. What makes you think yous are simply going to steamroll the pair of them? There are so many different ways that countries could cripple the USA, what your saying really doesn't make any sense.edit on 14-1-2013 by DarknStormy because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
Originally posted by DarknStormy
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
We would steamroll both China and Russia. We would lose some ships, very few. They would be rebuilt with reparation money.
I don't think you understand the consequences of a war with both Russia and China. What makes you think yous are simply going to steamroll the pair of them? There are so many different ways that countries could cripple the USA, what your saying really doesn't make any sense.edit on 14-1-2013 by DarknStormy because: (no reason given)
How do they cripple the US? Tell me some of these many ways. What will they do when their entire import/export economy is shut down from our naval blockades?