Will they just insist that because half a dozen Chinese whitewater craft were sunk, it means that the US won the battle even though they lost 3-4 aircraft carriers in the process?

There is just no way the US can lose 4 carriers and not use a nuke in response, maybe they'll target something in the Chinese western desert areas, let them know in advance, so the US can save face and China can choose to avoid total annihilation. Losing 1 carrier is something I can see the US accepting depending on the Chinese relative cost, chalk it up to US navy incompetence, I used to think Americans would lose their minds even losing just 1 but these days after Trump's shit I'm not even sure patriotism is as high as it used to be.

Beyond that it gets wildly unrealistic and honestly unhealthy to fantasize. Like how China will only lose half a dozen ships, it implies a level of military superiority that doesn't match reality.

Likewise China got only 2 carriers, maybe 1 more by war time, the US can "easily" do a hail mary to destroy both of them if they have to and call it even. If that happens then China can win the war(easily) still but the propaganda war will continue just fine.

Of course China is still a very large favorite to win, with numerous advantages, but what is the point of fantasy scenarios like this?

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

It's not a military analysis, it's hyperbole to question how libs would react during a war and would most likely insist that the US is seconds away from marching into Beijing even if, in reality, China had occupied half of the US and was days away from occupying Washington. It isn't an attempt at military analysis, it's an attempt at analysing how liberals will react and whether they will notice how absurd their propaganda is, based on how they've acted during the war in Ukraine.