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Here’s the bottom line: any Chinese effort at a knockout blow would backfire for them just as it did for Japan. Americans hate being dry gulched, and we hate being embarrassed. Put the two together, and you’ve got a commitment to war not seen since 1941.
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Let me start by saying that it is my own hope if China did attack the US, that America would indeed unite, rise up and commitment its full power to winning the war.
But I'm also reminded of certain events that occured in NYC in the aftermath of 9-11. Interviews with people on the street about what the US reaction against terrorists should be, and seeing person after person, stating that if we had kept our nose out of the Middle East, this would never have happened, filmed with the rescue operations at the twin towers in the background.
When troops were sent into Afghanistan in the initial moves against the Taliban, protestors picketed the White House. When the administration made the decision to invade Iraq based on (at the time) intelligence that stated that Saddam had assisted Bin Laden and was also trying to build WMD....remember the protests?
Pearl Harbor focused America like no other event in our nation's history. But is that same ability to unite still present in our country today? In the wake of 9-11, I doubt that.
I'm afraid that if the Chinese made the decision to invade Taiwan and undertook maneuvers to negate the US presence in the area, that the will to go toe-to-toe with them may not be present.