New Trouble for South China Sea?

[giblets]

If China invades the Philippines then there will be a vicious flame war in response where people on the internet argue over whether China is a regional hegemony or power. The US healthcare system will collapse due to a shortage of nurses and caregivers, only no one will care because Obamacare will already have collapsed it. The Philippines will regain it's independence by itself after a 300 year revolution, and then US will buy the Philippines from China at the end of that 300 years and keep it for themselves until we all re-realize it's a much better place for outsourcing call-centers than it is a colony.

Its. Not it's. Moron.

[Aeson]

Thank you gribbler. Its nice of you to help me write better. Your so kind!

[DaShi]

Its. Not it's. Moron.

Seriously?

[Dinner]

What's the second one?

There was one where China goes whole hog expansionist and tries to invade all of Asia while claiming the disputed Islands and another one where they try to invade Taiwan and end up fighting the US. Or rather they fight the US in both. There are three if you count the China launches a cyber war on everyone book.

[notyoueither]

There's a book about the US needing resources desperately, and trying to annex Canada. Of course the Canadians kick US ass (with help from Britain and France).

That one was not written by Tom Clancy though.

[Dinner]

Clearly it is a work of far fetched fiction. I mean, Canada kicking anyone's ass?

[Egbert]

Thank you gribbler. Its nice of you to help me write better. Your so kind!

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[Egbert]

Wow. What a fascinating report on the subtle nuances of a complicated subject!

After recess we're going to finger-paint, okay?

Why can't we finger-paint now?

[Aeson]

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[H Tower]

There's a book about the US needing resources desperately, and trying to annex Canada. Of course the Canadians kick US ass (with help from Britain and France).

That one was not written by Tom Clancy though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Probe!

USA wins!

[H Tower]

There was one where China goes whole hog expansionist and tries to invade all of Asia while claiming the disputed Islands and another one where they try to invade Taiwan and end up fighting the US. Or rather they fight the US in both. There are three if you count the China launches a cyber war on everyone book.

Was one of those books The Bear and the Dragon? I only remember China invading Siberia in that one.

[notyoueither]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Probe!

USA wins!

Nah. It was a really old book ~1970, called "Exoneration." It had the greedy US president sending in the marines to grab the resources. The Canadians hold plane loads of servicemen hostage at major airports until the US has to back down. It was mildly interesting book only because it was well written.

[regexcellent]

The idea that the Canadians could kick US ass even with help from the French and British kinda strains belief.

Pretty much the only thing going for Canada in that scenario is that most of the border along populated areas is a water border, but I doubt that would be too much of an obstacle.

[snoopy369]

Canada is really big, though, and invading something is hard. France/Britain would be useful for the nuclear side of things, and Canada does have a decent air force and whatnot that would make it pretty hard to invade effectively (particularly if our objective is taking particular mines/etc., which they could just hit themselves, Saddam-style).

[Wezil]

The idea that the Canadians could kick US ass even with help from the French and British kinda strains belief.

Pretty much the only thing going for Canada in that scenario is that most of the border along populated areas is a water border, but I doubt that would be too much of an obstacle.

Taking it isn't the hard part - Holding it is.

Just look at the trouble the desert people gave you.