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Originally Posted by Byrdie714
Not necessairly.....
Remember after the Crash of '29 when the US was in a Depression--it was the war that brought us out of the Depression. Sometimes war can be a boon or a bust for our economy. Afterall we do have to make weaponry for the soldiers.
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yes... losing California does not make a huge dent on weapon manufacturing. At least the weapon factory plants in mid-west will have more manpower especially from fleeing Californians.
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Originally Posted by Byrdie714
Secondly I don't think that theCchinese will attack California and Washington first--afterall why attack the mainland when you still have a naval port still intact-- Hawai'i-- as they can come from the behind the Chinese to attack? It would be a military blunder. If the Chinese attack Hawai'i first--at least the western states will be ready for an all out attack.
If we have to surrender a couple states to the Chinese--I suggest New Jersey.  (j/k Jiro  ) |
which is precisely why you shouldn't attack Hawaii first. You attack mainland first then hit Hawaii. Once you attack mainland.... the damage's already done and it's too late for navy to bail them out.
Major shipping ports on West Coast (there are over 29 ports) -
California - Los Angelos, Long Beach, San Diego, Oakland, so on...
Washington - Seattle, Tacoma
if I remember correctly - approximately 45% of Chinese products go thru West Coast via shipping ports. Now you see why I picked California and Washington as first target for Chinese? Simply hide military inside gigantic cargo/tanker ships. worse of all.... our military (especially tanks/strykers/etc) cannot be mobilized quickly enough thru major cities. California National Guards will have to defend long enough to evacuate the Californians. That's how we'll lose our Western states.
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Originally Posted by Byrdie714
Of course all this is hypothetical--in actuality-- I think that the US will just lose it's standing as a economic world power but nevertheless still retain itself as an influential partner in global affairs.
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yup that is the most likely scenario rather than invasion lol... but it does make a nice movie/game, eh?
