ahoy oh Commodore! i hath returned to our decks me friend, with a devastatin' observation from me own father, a sea dog 'o many voyages. me father served in the Republic 'o China's army back in the day, it was called Formosa back then. he found yer conclusions errant and the language he used was rather salty, so i'll give ye a censored take. "is this a $*%^ing joke? jets travel at over 600 miles per hour, tell your friend that the distance from the shores of china to taiwan is 100 miles. if china wanted to invade taiwan, they could have complete air control before the seventh fleet even turned around. $*#)ing china would also have the island blockaded, so tell me how the (^&#ing marines are going to even land? ask your friend how many marines it would take to hold off China, and where the $#(* is he going to get them from? they are all busy in the middle east and afghanistan. now let me watch the football game and stop asking me these %#@(ing stupid questions." me father then more or less ignored me fer the next half an hour. he uses some colorful language, he does. aye. - MeadHallPirate *nods*