Will america go to war with china or iran

[Mithrandir]

Vs. China they will not be able to pull it off, not military, since China has enough nukes to bomb every single planet in the galaxy to bits, and not economicly, since they're too dependent upon one another.

Iran as new Lebensraum for Bush..hopefuly not.

[Lemur]

I don't see why we have to choose -- we can go to war with both! And then we can "stay the course." That works every time ...

[cunobelinus]

So china is a no war people think and iran is a possbility as they seem to be thinking about getting ready to go to war after the iraq war has finished.

[yesdachi]

...after the iraq war has finished.

The Iraq war is gunna finish?

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

I've read some things recently that suggest China may want a small regional conflict to show the U.S. who's boss.

I have no idea if that's rubbish or not though, maybe some Chinese politician/high ranking soldiers/civil servants on the board could let us know...

[CBR]

Invading Iran will be sheer lunacy. 4 times bigger than Iraq and with more than twice the population. USA has lost most of its credibilty because of the invasion of Iraq so not much chance of allies helping out. A US president that isnt the most popular among his own people because of Iraq and a US military already stretched pretty thin.

Even a limited military action like bombing isnt gonna be the greatest thing to do. There are 100k+ US troops in Iraq that can expect even more insurgent attacks, as Iran most likely will do whatever it can to hurt US interests as revenge.

IIRC China will reach USA in something like 30-35 years if their current rate can be sustained. Right now the only likely scenario for a war between USA and China would be over Taiwan, and its not likely for some time as China simply doesnt have the navy or airforce to succeed in invading Taiwan. That might take one or two decades before China will reach that level.


CBR