Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan?

Re:Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan? by tekknik on Monday November 01, 2021 @09:54PM (#29075911)

Sounds like you were waiting to say this. Make ally’s with China and see where that ends up for you.

If China steps up to the war plate, it will be horrible for everyone in the world. If they do happen to topple the US, you think they’re gonna stop with Taiwan? Or do you think the rest of the world with less then 1/10th the military might will somehow fend them off. This is a global issue.

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Re:Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan? by nxmnxm99 on Monday November 01, 2021 @09:26PM (#29075707)

What exactly would Europe do? Europe is a museum. An economy that hasn't grown in over a decade and a people that would likely lose a war of any meaningful attrition to the vastly poorer Russia.

Europe is increasingly irrelevant to the future of geopolitics.

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Re:Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan? by simonblack on Monday November 01, 2021 @10:52PM (#29076346)

Europe is increasingly irrelevant to the future of geopolitics.

The West is increasingly irrelevant to the future of geopolitics.

It may not happen overnight, but it will happen. The West is broke. It is becoming weaker and poorer by the day.

It will be like Japan or Germany in WW2 in many ways. It will be unable to replace losses of war-materiel fast enough to maintain its strength. After a few years, there won't be enough fighters, bombers, ships, soldiers, etc. to maintain a workable defence.

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Re:Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan? by edgyquant on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @12:09AM (#29076954)

The “west” comprises 3-4 entire continents (3 if you count South America) and over a billion people. The US alone accounts for 35% of the entire worlds military expenditure. There will never come a day, at least until man has colonized other worlds or the political and cultural map of the world is completely unrecognizable, when the “west,” taken as a whole, is geopolitically irrelevant.

This is like saying Asia will be geopolitically irrelevant. It just can’t happen due to how much of the Earths landmass and resources it takes up.

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Re:Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan? by angelzen on Monday November 01, 2021 @10:55PM (#29076360)

Haha, Russia only has to look at the gas knob a little and Europe starts groveling. Doubtful that Europe can muster the will to defend its lands, even the Neo Ottoman Empire is a credible military threat. Between Pax Americana fading away, the demographic crash and the shrinking of the technological gap in the AI era, Europe's strategic situation is increasingly precarious.

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