Massacre in Taiwan may be ideal for US decision-makers
Date
1/22/2023 7:52:31 AM
(MENAFN) The thought of the bloodshed brought on by a United States-China conflict over Taiwan would make the majority of sensible people cringe. The horrific possibilities are something to think about and calculate for the warmongers and military-industrial-complex profiteers in Washington with a mixture of anticipation and opportunism.
No matter whatever scripts are used, computers and human analysts provide results that should be depressing for both policymakers and generals. Take the Center for Strategic and International Studies' (CSIS) paper on wargaming, for instance. CSIS is a United States think tank whose goal is to define the "future of national security."
Following a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, CSIS examined 24 distinct combat scenarios between the United States and China. The invasion would fail, but at a great cost to all parties involved, was the general conclusion of its research. Numerous warships, including two American aircraft carriers, hundreds of aircraft, and thousands of soldiers would be lost for the United States and Japan. “without electricity and basic services" like electricity, Taiwan would be left in ruins. The think tank predicts that the fighting would end with thousands of Chinese soldiers either killed or taken, hundreds of ships and aircraft lost, and Beijing's renowned naval forces "in shambles."
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