Kylere wrote:22 Million is less than one tenth of the US population, the US would still be the largest economy in the world after the loss of California, hundreds of thousands of Military? not so, more like 50 thousand.
You still just do not fucking get it do you? I did not say it would be a GOOD THING, I did not say it would make liberal democrats dance with glee. I said it would be acceptable losses to defeat the worlds most populous country. THINK!!! I know this is a challenge in a world where you have to be spoon fed news stories in 10 words or less.
...And for my money I think we could stand to see Manhattan sink into the ocean... Who the hell cares about that turd shaped island anyways?
Acceptable losses indeed. Why don't you take some time to figure out exactly how much food California grows in the Imperial Valley. I've lived on both ends of California and have driven the length of the state no less than 20 times. I'm about ready to pull my hair out if I've gotta spend another 7 hour stint staring at nothing but corn, apples, wheat and cows.
The loss of California would not only cripple the US economy, destroy half of our trade ports, kill 22 million people and blow our ability to grow food to hell, but A LOT of what california grows gets used as trade and relief foods. While we may be able to compensate for food by going to other states to grow it, much of our ability to supply food to outher countries for trade and relief packages would be gone.
And that would make Kyoukan have one more thing to bitch about. So, please, let us keep giving food to 3rd world countries so as not to hear about how our genetically modified rice not getting to Botswana is causing the deaths of hundreds of starving children.