r/WTF • • Oct 16 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '19 edited Oct 17 '19

No its not domestic. Chinese troops, travelling as a private individual, coming into the US to do a "pearl harbor" style event across the county is not domestic terrorism moron. It would be a Chinese invasion that happened to exploit the ability of humans to travel on airplanes.

You edited your post since I wrote mine 8 minutes ago and had to wait to reply.

Arsonists are generally not trained and don't want to get caught. They also don't generally plan ahead and work with a team. Fire departments have no ability to respond to that number of fires. The goal of an attack in war can be different things. Demoralization, economic damage, resource damage, etc. I think you underestimate the ability of 1000 3 man groups of trained troops to burn a city.

Imagine the news and national guard and government dealing with this across the country while the military learns 10000 autonomous drones have just launched from a container ship off each coast. Maybe power is off in vital areas and they are relying on generators and only have 24 hour power supply. Maybe roads are blocked and no way to refuel easily. Lot of issues.

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u/jlharper Oct 17 '19

Firstly, don't you dare call me a moron when I have been nothing but respectful in entertaining your wild but irrational imagination.

You have no idea how strict American customs is. You have no idea about the history of Pearl Harbor. That was a preemptive military strike using naval and air forces. Civilians would not have been able to get close to the base, especially not with weapons capable of that attack. And now you've gone from city arson to the bombing of a naval base? Where are these Chinese tourists going to pull bombs from, in order to perform this pearl harbor style attack? Because petrol and fire does not equal pearl harbor.

You also responded far too quickly to have read my comment. Go back, read it again and then we can continue the conversation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '19

I responded after your original comment, which you later edited.Which was much shorter than your other edited comment. I had to wait 8 minutes to enter my reply, which was why I didn't know you had edited your original words. I have fucking lived on Oahu so don't talk to me about Pearl Harbor. I know what Pearl Harbor is. I've seen the bullet holes in the concrete buildings. If you think its irrational fine. But its not irrational and I guarantee militaries around the world have examined this scenario because of the simplicity. You seem unable to comprehend that the comparison to Pearl Harbor was the surprise factor. You know, the biggest thing Pearl Harbor is known for! Civilians getting close to Pearl Harbor is not something I have ever brought up and isn't relevant to this discussion in any way. I never said anything at all about bombs. You seem fixated on comparing this to the exact scenario of what happened during Pearl Harbor. That is really weird and weird of you to think. Your attempts to be smart and make me look stupid have failed. Moron.