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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
Since when has that ever worked?
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Since the world got more connected information and economy wise. Wars today are either small banana republics having a fit or supewpowers thinking the world is a sandbox.
In the 1930's the Japaneese didn't depend on the US market for export* (or NATO market for that matter), Germany did not depend on Poland for exports and Serbia was not loaning Austria-Hungary a great deal of money.
Countries wealth was at home and wars were fought to bring some more wealth in. Today is different.
China is going to push it. Try to get the upper edge at the table but will fold if the west gives them some economic resistance that will shut down their sweatshops and bring an armada of unemployed people to Beijing where even tanks won't be enough to settle things down.
War is no longer a gentlemans game, it's a businesmans game. And because war between developed nations is not profitable, we haven't seen one since 1945.
*Japan was dependant from US imports though and war began after they were blockaded. Gray area here really but it shows wars have an economic reason behind them.
EDIT for Oberons reply: Agree with the Japaneese needing to rearm themselves. Germany didn't revert to their Reich building after 1945, the Japaneese shouldn't either. The only threat the Japaneese pose today is someone loosing their mind figuring out what the hell is going on in their animes
