[rmlew]

Reminds me of the armuements taht we didn't need a large military when facing the USSR. Of course said arguement quickly leads to appeasement. Fortunately, we did not follow that strategy before.
Moreover, it ignores the proxy wars and limited wars. We fought the Korean conflict without nukes despite fighting China and Soviet air units.

[east1234]

Precisely, furthermore a war with China would most likely be a sea and air war. We're not putting troops in China. Might we fight them on land elsewhere? Sure, but we aren't going to “win” and occupy. We would, hopefully, sink their blue water navy, shrink their air force, and things would go quiet. I'll say again, neither the Chinese nor the Russians want to rule over nuclear debris. Of course we need a Navy and Air Force to do this, something Obama seems intent on destroying.