United States Superpower Status

[monkspider]

If Korea ever becomes united again, it's sheer economic strength could make it a formidible power in the region again as well.

[Drake Tungsten]

Economically, a unified Korea would be a power. Militarily, however, Korea would have problems due to the horrible hand played to it by geography. Korea is neatly trapped between China and Japan; modern weaponry only makes this position more dangerous. Korea will have to walk a tight rope to avoid get embroiled in a larger war if hostilities ever break out in East Asia.

[monkspider]

I do expect Japan to retake Sakahalin soon though, as it is rightful Japanese territory. Japan gained it after the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 and only lost because the western imperialist powers wanted Japan to give it back.

[monkspider]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Economically, a unified Korea would be a power. Militarily, however, Korea would have problems due to the horrible hand played to it by geography. Korea is neatly trapped between China and Japan; modern weaponry only makes this position more dangerous. Korea will have to walk a tight rope to avoid get embroiled in a larger war if hostilities ever break out in East Asia.

Very true Drake, one thing I have always admired about Korea is that despite it's horrible geographic conditions, it has always maintained it's own unique culture, seperate of China and Japan.

[Drake Tungsten]

I think they'll get it back eventually. The Russians aren't going to give it back, most likely, and the Japanese aren't going to take it back in the near future considering their aversion to military action. It'll probably still be a while, but it will happen.

[Serb]

Originally posted by monkspider
I do expect Japan to retake Sakahalin soon though, as it is rightful Japanese territory. Japan gained it after the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 and only lost because the western imperialist powers wanted Japan to give it back.

Learn some history boy. First of all historicaly it's Russian territory. It was settled by Russians long ago. Japanese took HALF (HALF not entire island) of Sakhalin in 1905.
If you think that it's rightful Japanese territory only because they took it from Russians after our defeat in Russo-Japanese war, then EXPLAINE to me why do you think that itsn't rightful Russian territory NOW. Because we took it back in absolutely the same way as it was took from us at the first place. MILITARY. We return South of Sakhalin and Kuril islands after we won war with Japan in 1945.
Your claims about "western imperialist powers who wanted Japan to give it back" is total bullsh*t.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Not every Chinese-American lives in a China town. I think that China towns are populated mostly by recent immigrants (those who haven't assimilated yet). Non-Asians live in China towns as well.

So, does it means that Chinese-Americans are assimilated by American culture or not?
And btw, why do you think that Chinese who live in Russia couldn't be assimilated by Russian culture, at least to the same scale as they could be assimilated by an American?

Wouldn't expect you to know any of that, however.

However, I expected that you will respond with smt like this.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Kramerman


ROFL!!!
Is that a Soviet flag you are waving, or just a Russian Federation flag?

All Right people!!! Don't anybody move!!! This is the thread jack, everybody stay quiet and no one will get hurt.

This time it will be this one, a flag of Russian Federation and the Flag of Russian Empire scince 1693:

[GeneralTacticus]

And one more thing we NEVER lose deffensive wars. NEVER.

Has 1917 been somehow erased from your consciousness, Serb ?

You know very little about Russians boy, you know even less about Siberia if you call it a "sparsely populated forest land".

It is said in Russian Deffence doctrine (btw, it's a DOCUMENT with accordance with wich military should act in case of war and btw, it was changed not so long ago, after Yougoslavia if I remember correctly)
I don't know exact text, but it's smt like this:
In case of nuclear, biological, chemical or MASSIVE CONVENTIONAL ATTACK against Russian Federation or its allies, Russian Federation will retaliate against agression with any means, including its NUCLEAR potential". All Asiat countries wich are former SU republics are members of "treaty about collective defence" in case of aggression against any country wich is the member of this treaty, all members of aliance should attack agressor.
Case is closed. Go and try something if you have balls.

China has nukes too, in case you've forgotten. I don't think they'll hesitate to use them if you do first.

[Serb]

Originally posted by GeneralTacticus


Has 1917 been somehow erased from your consciousness, Serb ?

Refresh my memory please.

I'm grand-garandchild of colonel of Red army who participated in civil war, so I consider that my ancesters won civil war.
If you think that any other country could handle a war with 14 foreign countries and half of its own population at the same time, better then Soviet Russia in 1917-1921, then go ahead and name this country to me. We lost only Ukraine to Germans, but we return it soon.
I don't see how we lost civil war and foreign intervention. Explain please what do you mean.

China has nukes too, in case you've forgotten. I don't think they'll hesitate to use them if you do first.

Their Nuclear potential is no match for our... yet. But, I can assure you, that we'll prefer to die deffending our country, then to surrender part of it to anybody.
So it will be big bada-boom.

[Space05us]

...because Russia will probably equal the EU in power

the question is will Russia get slighty stronger or will the EU get sightly weaker

Their Nuclear potential is no match for our... yet. But, I can assure you, that we'll prefer to die deffending our country, then to surrender part of it to anybody.
So it will be big bada-boom.

if China and Russia screw the world for everyone else I dont think anyone would be against killing every last one of them.

[GeneralTacticus]

Refresh my memory please.

I'm grand-garandchild of colonel of Red army who participated in civil war, so I consider that my ancesters won civil war.
If you think that any other country could handle a war with 14 foreign countries and half of its own population at the same time, better then Soviet Russia in 1917-1921, then go ahead and name this country to me. We lost only Ukraine to Germans, but we return it soon.
I don't see how we lost civil war and foreign intervention. Explain please what do you mean.

I'm referring to WWI. You had your asses kicked big time.

[Space05us]

they got spanked in WW2 as well. winter saved them.

[Serb]

Originally posted by GeneralTacticus


I'm referring to WWI. You had your asses kicked big time.

Do you have any proof?
I dare to say otherwise. Not only our asses weren't kicked, but we also kicked a lot of foreign asses. Asses who intervented our country, but were beaten and run like beaten dogs.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Space05us
they got spanked in WW2 as well. winter saved them.

Oh great, a glorious representative of glorious American education system arrived.
During our history, we've won a dozen times more wars then you ever have.