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I was never questioning who would win a shooting war, I was questioning how the Argentinians would feel about it. But if China did decide to project power, the
by ashtonkem 5y ago
I was never questioning who would win a shooting war, I was questioning how the Argentinians would feel about it.
But if China did decide to project power, the question is not "would the US and its allies win a shooting war", the question is "will the US push back at all?"
- 29athrowaway 5y agoDoes this answer the question? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-American_Treaty_of_Reciprocal_Assistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-American_Treaty_of_Recip...
- ashtonkem 5y agoNo, it does not. Treaties require that the parties involved enforce them; like laws they become scraps of paper unless they’re backed up by the sovereign. Which again returns to the original question; would the US push back, and how far would they go?
- 29athrowaway 5y agoI think the US would push back. The US has many overseas bases in Latin America already... including a few of them in Argentina. The Rio Pact, the yearly naval exercises, the overseas bases... and the historical precedent of the Monroe doctrine makes it very clear that the US doesn't want any outsiders messing around.