Cynic Hero 86 wrote:
> Japan DId all of these things except recalling the ambassador (the
> Japanese did appoint a emergency envoy with resulted in the
> infamous incident of the declaration of war note arriving after
> the first bombs had hit). Japan had mobilized their entire navy
> throughout 1941 and their army had already been fully mobilized
> for years since they were already at war with China and had a
> hostile border with the Soviets. Most Japanese Citizens had been
> evacuated starting in summer 1941 and the last Japanese transport
> ships left the US in the few weeks prior to the start of the
> war.
* So Japan didn't withdraw its ambassador. The Chinese today have
ended relations with any country that has relations with Taiwan.
* Japan mobilized their Navy: China has been mobilizing its navy in
the South and East China seas for years in preparation for war, and
has even mobilized thousands of fishing boats to conduct surveillance
to back up the navy. Furthermore, China's navy has been creating its
"string of pearls" bases all across the Indian Ocean, with a full
naval base in Djibouti.
* So Japan didn't mobilize its army, since they were already
mobilized. China has thousands of missiles pointed at Taiwan,
and China has been building infrastructure on the Indian
border in preparation for its war with India.
* Japanese citizens were evacuated from the US -- that's because
Americans hated the Japanese, so a lot of Japanese wanted to leave.
Note that Germany did not evacuate its citizens, since Americans liked
the Germans. The same is true of attitudes toward the Chinese today,
which is the opposite of attitudes towards the Japanese in the 1930s.
Also:
** 18-May-14 World View -- China evacuates 3,000 citizens from Vietnam, fearing more violence
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e140518
In addition:
Huawei was founded by Ren Zhengfei, a former Red Army engineer. China
has been preparing for war with the U.S. in every possible way.
They've built large, illegal military bases in the South China Sea,
and repeatedly lied about them. They've developed numerous
nuclear-tipped ballistic and hypersonic missile systems designed to
successfully strike and destroy American aircraft carriers, American
cities, and American bases. They've demonstrated a capability to
destroy American communications and GPS satellites. They have
thousands of missiles ready to launch against Taiwan, and they have
large military deployments in western Tibet ready to invade
India.
By your own criteria, China is preparing for war far more thoroughly
and aggressively than Japan ever did.
Cynic Hero 86 wrote:
> The South was Not an Independent country prior to Fort Sumter but
> they had already expelled federal troops from most bases in the
> south and everyone knew that they would come to take Fort Sumter
> soon.
"Everyone knew that they would take Fort Sumter" is only true in the
same sense that in the 1930s "everyone knew" that Churchill was right
the UK would be at war with Hitler, or that today "everyone knows"
that we'll soon be at war with China.