U.S. diverting nuke subs to Pacific to keep China in check

[icymist]

U.S. diverting nuke subs to Pacific to keep China in check

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 04:00 JST
WASHINGTON — The United States is strengthening its strategic nuclear capacity in the Pacific by diverting its strategic nuclear submarines from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and upgrading nuclear warheads, in an apparent move to keep China and North Korea in check, U.S. Congress sources and nuclear experts said Sunday.

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=348253

[Newsjock]

1. Ewe, ess, eh!

I guess you cause nuclear annihilation with the nukes you have, not the nukes you might want or wish to have at a later time.

[ContraBass Black]

2. "Keep China in check?"

It's going to take more than a few boatloads of nukes to do that.

[Maple]

3. The danger isn't from nukes

or even war.

There are two ways to take over a nation. Militarily or economically.

So why bother with wars?

[wli]

6. They're toast economically, so they need to go military. n/t

[Maple]

7. Who? The Chinese??

Not a chance.

[wli]

8. I meant the BFEE of course. n/t

[Maple]

9. Ahhh

well it's hard to attack a country that has you by the short hairs.

And over a barrel at that.

So I doubt China is in any danger.

Smoke and mirrors. Huffing and puffing. Dog and pony show. Take yer choice.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. Boys playing with very expensive toys

There is no way the little warmonger in chief could attack China. China holds most of the cards in this game and both sides know that.

[wli]

12. It depends on how much they're keeping under wraps.

There are a number of reports of militarily significant resources shrouded in secrecy. It's unclear whether such would come into play in an offensive against China.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. I meant financial cards

We'll not be attacking China anytime soon, they could break us economically if they called in our debt.

As things set now we consume their goods and they keep us afloat. Win - Win.

We bomb them, they call our debt, our economy crashes, we can't consume their goods. Lose - Lose. However, we lose the biggest.

[RaleighNCDUer]

24. How do they call in the debt when their cities are

radioactive ruins?

If there is no debt collector, there is no debt.

[RaleighNCDUer]

23. What's that old saying?

When the other guy is holding all the cards, the best thing to do is kick over the table.

That's just what Bushco would do.

[Canuckistanian]

4. Don't piss off the Chinese, Shrub...

Not only do they outnumber you 10-1, they hold the mortgage to the country's finances.

[Porcupine]

5. Biting the hand that feeds them? Rethuglicans?

I thought it was against their religion. Seriously China can shut us down any day they want to by simply embargoing us. With a few phone call they can get most of the Pacific Rim manufacturing nations to do the same.

We aint shit without China's exports anymore. They send us the gewgaws and toys and repair parts for damn near everything. If they shut that down we're screwed.

[pinniped]

10. I'm sure they're quaking in their boots.

They were sure quaking when the US spyplane crashed into their fighter.:eyes:

[jayfish]

20. With The Clowns We Have In Power They Should Be.

Make no mistake about it. The US is still the preeminent power in the world when it comes to WMD and could destroy China several times over. Normally one wouldn't need to worry about such things because a nuclear exchange with China would be too costly to both sides of the conflict. With * in charge though there is a very big risk that ANYTHING could happen. We should all be quaking in our boots over the power that this man wields.

Jay

[0007]

13. The big bad wolf is huffing & a puffing these days!

[bowens43]

15. China's our enemy now?

Is there any country the the bushies trust?

China is not a threat. They have no desire to take over the United States.

[teryang]

16. Absurd effort to regain "superpower" status after NO meltdown

We have declined to a third world status. We are paying the Chinese the monthly payments on these subs. How long will this posturing go on?

[SpiralHawk]

17. What would brother Marvelous Marvin Bush say about this?

Isn't he overseeing the Red Communist Chinese division of the BushCo Family fortune?

[arwalden]

18. More Cat Herding

[okoboji]

19. China makes a phone call to keep the US in check

China makes a phone call to keep the US in check

Wednesday, Sept 7, 2005
China - The leader of China placed a collect call to the Walton Family on Wednesday.............



- sarcasm -

[UpInArms]

21. I wonder if this has anything to do with Chinese Premier Hu

cancelling his US visit that was supposed to happen today.

[bemildred]

22. I think it's just posturing. The US looks pretty weak right now.

It is possible that canceling the Hu visit was part of the
posturing, or part of setting up the posturing. It's even
possible that Hu agreed to some posturing, he can use a good
external threat now & then too to keep his disgruntled
citizens in line.