Quote Originally Posted by ncnavguy
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And too the people that don't think China could pose a military threat because of our nuclear weapons and mutual assured destruction forget that china really doesnt care too much about human rights and would be willing to sacrifice a city for a city as long as the leadership lived.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. Even if we assume that the government would sacrifice 10's of millions of people, they might not want to sacrifice the cities. Contrary to what our govt and media want you to believe, the Chinese govt isn't a bunch of crazy, Little Red Book waving, Mao worshipping, Communists bent on turning the world red. Now, like here, they're just businessmen and professional politicians. And, although their values may be different than ours, we share one value and that is love of $$$$. A huge, and I mean huge, portion of China's economy is primarily based in three main cites Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Six well placed missles and you've taken out pretty much anything they'd want to protect. After that, what's the point?