Re: Japanese Defence Minister: Helicopter & DDG "locked on" by Chinese Frigates' Ra
It would be a "perfect" solution on America's debt problem. They could say China has defaulted on it's UST bills due to military action at the stroke of the POTUS's pen.
Given that China only holds 7.5% of America's debt, I don't see how a war with China would solve the issue on any level.
On the other hand the USA is not even backing it's closest ally (The UK) over the Falkland islands.... So depending on how much America thinks it will lose or gain will be the factor if it backs Japan militarily in any conflict regardless of any signed treaty between the two.
The Falklands don't face any credible military threat from Argentina, so there's little need for American support, even if Obama's "have your cake and eat it" position is tiresome.
Whereas there is a significant chance of a military conflict between China and Japan over the islands. If the US didn't back Japan if fighting broke out, all its military agreements with countries around the world would be exposed to be worthless. At a stroke the US' military position in the world would be severely damaged because no one would bother helping it.
and the nationalistic masses can keep their anger from flare out at the ruling CPC?
Then maybe the CCP shouldn't have fostered nationalism in Chinese schools so much? But you can't pander to the angry masses all the time, otherwise the world would constantly be at war until there was just a few people left alive, living like animals.
In the end, Beijing can either consign to a slow death by keep letting the likes of Japan, Vietnam and Philippines pissing at China, show the world what a lame arse and a whore the Beijing leadership is to foreign aggression
China has effectively put its reputation on the line by getting angry over the Senkaku Islands in the last year and creating a mini-crisis. Beforehand, I can promise you hardly anyone outside of China and Japan knew about this issue. Now that China's jumping up and down and screaming, people are talking about it. So China has drawn attention to an issue and limited its own options, when previously it had the option of just making a diplomatic protest.
or go to war and show the world there's a deadly price to pay for screwing at China
So the rest of the world will end up fearing, rather than respecting, China. Is that what you really want? Countries that fear others will only do what you want while they have to. As soon as they don't have to, they won't give you time of day - or quite possibly return the favour by hitting you when you're down. Are Norway or Sweden powerful countries? No. But they're respected and have happy, affluent populations. Also if there was some catastrophic disaster there, all their neighbours would help without question. Is China never going to need help from others in the future when it's down on its luck?
