j20blackdragon
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If/when a US-China war heats up, Japan will be the one getting hit by missiles.
Japanese members on this forum need to understand this.
At the end of the day, Japan is an island nation with no natural resources. Japan imports about 60 percent of its food each year. Japan needs to import various commodities and energy to keep its industries going. This is especially true after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster with regard to energy imports. Japan has no nuclear weapons and a very limited expeditionary force due to its pacifist constitution. Therefore, if sea-lanes are closed due to war, Japan loses. If China launches missiles all throughout the first island chain, Japan loses.
So my message to the Japanese people is very simple. It is in your best interest to maintain peace and stability throughout East Asia. China can't lose a war because we can always fall back on nuclear weapons and our strong geographical position on the mainland. China has the world's largest army. If China needs arable land, we can annex Southeast Asia. If we need oil and natural gas, we can annex Central Asia. By the way, China has the world's largest shale gas reserves. Japan is stuck on an island. So you need to think long and hard before you do something stupid.
China will have the largest PPP economy at the end of 2014.
GDP, PPP (current international $) | Data | Table
Do you really want an economic giant like this as your enemy located right next door to you?
Japanese members on this forum need to understand this.
At the end of the day, Japan is an island nation with no natural resources. Japan imports about 60 percent of its food each year. Japan needs to import various commodities and energy to keep its industries going. This is especially true after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster with regard to energy imports. Japan has no nuclear weapons and a very limited expeditionary force due to its pacifist constitution. Therefore, if sea-lanes are closed due to war, Japan loses. If China launches missiles all throughout the first island chain, Japan loses.
So my message to the Japanese people is very simple. It is in your best interest to maintain peace and stability throughout East Asia. China can't lose a war because we can always fall back on nuclear weapons and our strong geographical position on the mainland. China has the world's largest army. If China needs arable land, we can annex Southeast Asia. If we need oil and natural gas, we can annex Central Asia. By the way, China has the world's largest shale gas reserves. Japan is stuck on an island. So you need to think long and hard before you do something stupid.
China will have the largest PPP economy at the end of 2014.
GDP, PPP (current international $) | Data | Table
Do you really want an economic giant like this as your enemy located right next door to you?