And they don’t have to be able to match us in every theatre. They just need to make it too costly for us to fight them in the theatre they select.
No.
That part (in every theatre) comes later...
Quicker than most believe, I suspect.
The Chinese are becoming nationalistic and military. They cheer for their country as a military power.
(I just saw it myself, last week)
We need to radically adjust course, on China. We need to strongly refocus on rebuilding America again.
And we NEED to bring down our huge trade deficit.