Will World War III be between the U.S. and China?

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Paraphrasing again (two many drugs as a youth I guess);

China marches west when the last block of the temple is laid.

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Actually, Russia can expand into former USSR nations. Not that it would want to expand in any direction. If they were better managed, Russia would be a greater super power than us. They have the resources, the knowledge base, the land, the lack of military opposition. That's part of the reason I'm a fan of Putin. He's a big stabalizer in a country that needs stability and gradual reforms.

Putin is a thug. Nothing more. He doesn't possess the leadership ability to bring them back to Super Power status. While they do have natural resources in abundance, their economy is far too dependent upon them. We only have to look to what happened in 1998 when Russia devalued their currency by 80%. They had to. Because we kept oil at artificially low levels and that once again broke their back. All it takes for Russia to fold is a sound energy plan in the US. Luckily for Russia, we have a bunch of inept morons in DC that wouldn't recognize a sound plan if it slapped them in the face.

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Putin is a thug. Nothing more. He doesn't possess the leadership ability to bring them back to Super Power status. While they do have natural resources in abundance, their economy is far too dependent upon them. We only have to look to what happened in 1998 when Russia devalued their currency by 80%. They had to. Because we kept oil at artificially low levels and that once again broke their back. All it takes for Russia to fold is a sound energy plan in the US. Luckily for Russia, we have a bunch of inept morons in DC that wouldn't recognize a sound plan if it slapped them in the face.

It looks like some Russians at least have woken up to Putin.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9980996

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It looks like some Russians at least have woken up to Putin.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9980996

So it would seem.

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Low, I would especially be interested in what you have to say about this article by Max Hastings. I was in Saigon earlier this year and I watched some protesters carrying banners denouncing China's intention to try and take over the Spratly Islands. Currently the Philippines, China and Vietnam have all got claims on the islands but China is acting like a big bully in the playground.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...U-S-China.html

Looks like this could turn nasty. Who would ever have predicted that the Vietnamese would align with the US against China?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-...-threat-looms/

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Puffing up chests... I still think China should just invade Russia.

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Wow, pretty much the only inhabitants of the islands are military expeditions from people trying to claim it. They are ma
king quite a big deal about such a thing.

remember the falklans

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remember the falklans

Could be about teritorial sea rights.

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Could be about teritorial sea rights.

china desperately wants the ocean floor resources off of southeast asia and the philippines

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Puffing up chests... I still think China should just invade Russia.

This one problem that will not go away, there are potentially vast oil reserves in the Spratly Islands and the South China Sea. China believes it has jurisdiction over all the mineral rights.

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Low, I would especially be interested in what you have to say about this article by Max Hastings. I was in Saigon earlier this year and I watched some protesters carrying banners denouncing China's intention to try and take over the Spratly Islands. Currently the Philippines, China and Vietnam have all got claims on the islands but China is acting like a big bully in the playground.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...U-S-China.html

Nope. It will be between Conservatives and the Chinese, if anything. The rest of you dumb fucks will be rolling out the welcome mat to foreign invaders.

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Looks like this could turn nasty. Who would ever have predicted that the Vietnamese would align with the US against China?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-...-threat-looms/

I called it a year ago I believe.

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Nope. It will be between Conservatives and the Chinese, if anything. The rest of you dumb fucks will be rolling out the welcome mat to foreign invaders.

Well if you're representative of the 'resistance' might as well roll out the welcome mats. I don't think the Chinese can be more retarded.

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Puffing up chests... I still think China should just invade Russia.

Yeah, that'd end well. For either country,