Doesn't China basically own the US at this point?

BRING IT.

Could Israel bomb Iran without escalation? I suppose so.
Could we execute a regime change in Iran without putting China in a defensive stance, Sure.

I guess I feel like naked aggression (like bombing) ought to be punished... by something or other.

>> ^gwiz665:

Doesn't China basically own the US at this point?


The Chinese people are notorious savers, but really the nickels and dimes don't really add up to a whole lot. What's 3 trillion dollars when a single Wall St. Bank could borrow that much?

The problem is that the Chinese are overall savers, while we are overall spenders. This means over time, the value of Chinese controlled assets will only grow and grow. While our assets don't.

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Saying it's World War 3 might be a bit of hyperbole - or at least jumping the gun.

I remember in 7th grade, my geography teacher - Mr. Reekie, (who was also the JV football coach) told us all that World War 3 was about to start in Poland because of Lech Wałęsa's solidarity movement. It scared the shit out of me, and stuck with me as a small scar - even as a 42 year old man.

So let's not pre-escalate the situation if we can help it. Think of the children.

>> ^dag:

I remember in 7th grade, my geography teacher - Mr. Reekie, (who was also the JV football coach) told us all that World War 3 was about to start in Poland because of Lech Wałęsa's solidarity movement. It scared the shit out of me, and stuck with me as a small scar - even as a 42 year old man.

I remember being similarly (and in retrospect, needlessly) terrified in 85-86 when the shit was going on with Libya (culminating in bombing). I would have been 6-7 at the time. I remember riding the bus home after school, looking out the window at the horizon, and being afraid that one day bombers were just going to come screaming overhead and destroy/kill everything and everyone. I didn't understand that Libya was a tiny speck of a country with an insignificant military, and I didn't understand that a tiny backwoods town in upstate NY would not be a valuable military target.

>> ^marinara:

Could Israel bomb Iran without escalation? I suppose so.

I guess I feel like naked aggression (like bombing) ought to be punished... by something or other.


Israel has a knack for eluding punishment. They repeatedly bombed civilians with white phosphorus in 2006 and, as far as I'm aware, the worst punishment they endured was a few people saying, "Hey, that's fucked up."