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Originally Posted by Tinordi
False dichotomy.
A Chinese takeover is happening regardless of American military might. Finance trumps all.
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Perhaps. However, I assume it is US policy to have sufficient hardware to prevent a physical take-over of S. Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. If your only means of stopping the aggressor is nuclear, it's a bit difficult saying "stop or I'll kill both of us"... I assume there is some sort of an internal standard, like the British used to have in the Empire hey-day (I believe it was that the British Navy had to be more powerful than the next two most powerful navies put together). The US probably feels it needs to maintain a military powerful enough to prevent an invasion of S. Korea and, say, Kuwait AT THE SAME TIME. I'm only speculating - I used to be a lot more interested and learned in strategic issues back in my historian salad days.
