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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Orignally posted by MikeC:
Let's face one fact, China is HUGE and has a ton of people. For the US to try actually taking territory and holding it would spread our military extremely thin. Air power is great, but you need to have boots on the ground to take and hold territory. I don't know if the US military (without a massive buildup or the support of a lot of other countries) could take control of that large an area for an extended period of time (if at all).</font>
Let's face one fact, China is HUGE and has a ton of people. For the US to try actually taking territory and holding it would spread our military extremely thin. Air power is great, but you need to have boots on the ground to take and hold territory. I don't know if the US military (without a massive buildup or the support of a lot of other countries) could take control of that large an area for an extended period of time (if at all).</font>
Well, if they did, they'd only need to take over 1/6 of the entire continent. Most of the Chinese population is crowded into the Eastern 1/6th of the country. We did a population density conversion in my Geography class a few years ago, and, somehow, we came out with 16 people/square ft. (It doesn't sound right, though.) Just drop some non-nuclear warheads on them in that area and they'll still suffer heavy casualties.
Ok, after typing that up, I actually think it was kinda pointless.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
I'm putting my money on Batman.</font>
I'm putting my money on Batman.</font>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Raoul Duke:
Wtf...this sounds like some childish "which superhero would beat which superhero" thread.</font>
Wtf...this sounds like some childish "which superhero would beat which superhero" thread.</font>
Anyone else remember the Spiderman vs. Batman thing that started in that thread about Spiderman 2? I think Correction does...
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