Comments on: North Korea: China digs in its heels

By: ScottG

ScottG — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:34:35 +0000

Unfortunately, while Japan can probably afford to rearm, China cannot afford to arm up without hurting its citizens.

True, but an unaffordable arms race could hasten the demise of the thug government. It happened to the Soviets, why not the Chinese?

By: Dread Pirate Roberts VI

Dread Pirate Roberts VI — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:30:04 +0000

Keep it up and they will both be seeing the Rising Sun march up thought their countries once again!

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NoisyRoom.net » Blog Archive » North Korea: China digs in its heels — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:54:34 +0000

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By: Kid from Brooklyn

Kid from Brooklyn — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:29:14 +0000

Sorry about that. No word on the JSF (for Japan) yet. They might be in on the Raptors though.

By: Kid from Brooklyn

Kid from Brooklyn — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:09:20 +0000

I believe there is a variant of that in place, known as the Joint Strike Fighter. Experts, please correct me if I’m wrong.

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:51:15 +0000

Hmmm…. could we have a second market for the YF-22? Could really help the American economy…

By: RobertHuntingdon

RobertHuntingdon — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:36:15 +0000

Unfortunately, while Japan can probably afford to rearm, China cannot afford to arm up without hurting its citizens. Which is the ONLY reason its unfortunate, because if they couldn’t afford to get into the arms race then we might see some real progress over there. But they will just rob their citizens to stay ahead and turn into the next North Korea.

By: Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:27:26 +0000

Then the Chinese will have no one to blame but themselves if Japan re-arms. They can’t have it both ways.

By: Shmo

Shmo — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:23:31 +0000

Bang Bang!!!!

By: Kid from Brooklyn

Kid from Brooklyn — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:46:26 +0000

Beyond an arms race, Japan’s rearming will:

a) Scare some sense into some of these bad actors

b) Allow the U.S. to scale back some of its Asian presence

Indeed, any residual Pearl Harbor fears on our side are probably mitigated by nuke fears on theirs.

Let the Samurai wield his own sword again.