Reply #23: Hah the US public couldn't stomach a real war

[Conan_The_Barbarian]

I don't think anyone in this country could comprehend a war on such a scale. Could you imagine turning on your TV to find out that US Pacific forces were delievered a devastating blow with a list of carriers, battleships, and submarines sunk and casulties in single day in the tens of thousands. Could you even comprehend the streets of LA being an all out real warzone. Not just petty gang violence but legions of tanks and attack helicopters moving down the steets while bombers overhead shred the city. Dozens of miles of way you hear the constant sound of machine gun fire and explosions. To find that certain cities and grounds are no longer property of the United States but fly the flags of a foriegn nation.

If you ever want to feel a really creepy emotion just walk around your town and envision it being the site of an actual battle. Seeing the soldiers using your brick wall for cover while it's riddle with machine gun bullets while mortars bombard your neighbors house and a sniper picks off men from on top of a tree house. It creeps the absolute hell out of me.

Of course as it seems now a war between the US and China would seem futile. China would dominate on the home front, it's population is simply too large while we'd likely dominate the seas and air... If I remeber correctly a similar set up provided the framework for justifying the first nuclear strike in history.