Hes right. Not proud of that be he is correct.
At least in WWII we had the world’s greatest industrial infrastructure to convert to production of weapons and supplies. Today that manufacturing base is in China.
Imagine a non nuclear war between the US and China today. The Chicoms stop shipping to the US and convert their factories to the production of tanks ships and planes. We no longer have the production capacity to clothe our people much less the steel capacity and production facilities to match China.
Even worse imagine a nuclear war in which China is the first to strike with an EMP attack originating from Noth Korea. We counterattack by wiping Noth Korea off the map. The Chinese and the rest of the world wait a year while 250 to 300 million Americans die from starvation, disease and anarchy. A year after the attack the Chinese army and millions of settlers are welcomed to the west coast by the few survivors. Perhaps the east coast will be settled by Europeans fleeing the Muslim invasion of Europe.