We've been there and done that and we don't want to do it again if it can be helped. Now is the time to keep it fromhappening.
Well, I can certainly understand people's concerns. However, one unquestionable prelude to a country that is getting ready for all out war, is very obvious. They will gear their entire economy towards war production and war effort. That's what Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan did. They directed their entire economy towards war in the decade prior to WWII, whereas the United States had to build during the war.
And doesn't that make common sense? If a country really had an intention to be agressive, wouldn't they do everything in their power that they had the upper hand. Waging war is serious business and if a country starts one, wouldn't they want to build everything that they possibly can to win or to not at least suffer a humiliating defeat, aka, Nazi Germani and Imperial Japan?
There's is alot written about China's military build up. I've read dollars quoted and how big it is, the number of this equipment or that equipment being built. But no matter how you slice it or what number people put on it, it is appropriate for a country the size of China to have a large military. The main point is that it is not pushing to put all its egg in the military basket, the way the former USSR during the cold war or Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan did before WWII.