Ethnic European and cultural European homogeneity are absolutely necessary for socialism to work. You need a population WIDELY willing to work for the good of the state. Non culturally and or non ethnically homogenous nations consistently have horrible experiences with socialism. Look at Venezuela and Latin America in general.
Hint: The US is not ethnically or culturally homogenous since the 1960's. You fools missed your chance.
I disagree. We have a huge trade deficit with China. They are willing to help with N. Korea because they do not want to jeopardize their gravy train from the US. They know Trump is not Obama and things have changed.
I have mixed feelings about the missile strikes on Assad air bases. As I posted before. I think there were better solutions available. But it still did send a strong message, even if I am in disagreement of it. I am however in total agreement with a show of force off the coast of N.Korea and the dropping of the MOAB in Afghanistan.
How do you think countries like China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan etc manage to ship their cheap goods to markets willing to pay for them? Those countries have gotten fat and rich the last 70 years doing this, what stopped them from engaging in this type of free trade much earlier and becoming global powers alongside France, England and others? Oh thats right, they have no ability to ship goods anywhere on their own. They are completely dependent on the US navy to guard their cargo ships.
The US created this arrangement as a tool to ally the whole world with them against the Soviets, and it worked. But if the US stops providing that service the rest of the world is going to suffer far more than they will. What does a country like Malaysia do when they can't reliable import or export anything? China is no different. Free trade as we know it is held together by the US navy.
*~To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.~*
Japan is not going to be occupying anyone, thats not what im saying. It's their navy that gives them heft. To adhere with requirements of various treaties they have signed, they cannot list the official tonnage of many of their ships, or they categorize them differently from what they actually are. Their navy is far stronger in reality than it appears on paper.
*~To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.~*
The Japanese Navy is larger than the Royal Navy or the French Navy by tonnage, with 4 helicopter carriers, 26 destroyers, 10 frigates, 6 corvettes, and 19 subs. The Japanese army has 700 MBTs and 150,000 troops. The Japanese air force has 288 fighters and 17 AWACS planes.
- - - Updated - - -
The only JMSDF ships that are officially classified oddly are the 4 helicopter carriers that are classified as helicopter destroyers despite having minimal armament (especially the 27,000t Izumos).
Hey guys, this might seem like a silly question but, how hard would it be for us to just take out kim and his high ranking fellows? and would that actually help?
I smell a heel turn incoming. Japan is going to Scavengers us.
Deploy the aqua mobile suits!
Z'gok move out!
Last edited by Mifuyne; 2017-04-14 at 04:45 PM.
Japan, The US, and China joining us against NK?
I like that....