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The Chinese are anything but stupid. They would have ZERO chance of prevailing in a military conflict with us. They are at least 15-20 yrs behind us in both armament and technology despite what the Commie loving media here likes to tell us.
Yep. Also, they aren't temperamentally suited to war. Apologies for mentioning race, but nobody can beat the white man for courage, ingenuity and determination when it comes to war. That's why WWI and WWII were such bloodbaths: they were white vs. white. If China attacks us, it'll be via biological warfare or sustained cyberattack or EMP weapons -- something like that. Perhaps it's already begun . . . We've already been in a low-level financial attack for decades.

“If China attacks us, it’ll be via biological warfare or sustained cyberattack or EMP weapons — something like that. Perhaps it’s already begun . . . We’ve already been in a low-level financial attack for decades.”

You may be and probably are right about the Chinese method(s) of attack but just because they choose electronic and biological forms of warfare doesn’t mean we have to do the same. The Chinese need to be aware if they are not already aware that should they do as you suggest they will be laid waste by one of our subs continually on patrol in the oceans of our world. Each of these subs carries up to 24 MIRV missiles with each of them capable of targeting 10 separate locations with each warhead having the destructive force of 25 times that of the bombs we dropped on Japan.

Any idea of a “proportionate” response is nonsense. They swat us with a feather and we drop a mountain on them. They will hate us (even more) and will think us completely mad and ruthless but the upshot is they and anyone else considering taking us on will think long and hard before doing so.

The only thing able to defeat us is our own lack of will.

Yep. Also, they aren’t temperamentally suited to war.

The are temperamentally and historically suited for internal bloody civil wars and revolts with dead running into the 10s of millions. Which is one of Xi’s greatest fears since he has not consolidated power