[roadcat]

What if China wants to get rid of a couple of million men between the ages of 17-35 ...
What if there are American "intellectuals", corporate boards and policy makers that think we have an over-population problem and wouldn't mind getting rid of a couple of million patriotic American men...

Regarding China: it takes money, equipment and resources to move millions of soldiers across the Pacific to the U.S.A.
Regarding the U.S.A.: it takes money, equipment and resources to move millions of soldiers across the Pacific to China.

Wars are cheaper to run with proxies. China really doesn't have many proxies, while the U.S.A. does in the Pacific region. China would lose, and they know that.
No direct war with China (for now).

[Dick Vomer]

Regarding China: it takes money, equipment and resources to move millions of soldiers across the Pacific to the U.S.A.

The logistics of moving the men to India, Vietnam, Korea, Taiwan or Japan...is not that much....

What do "we" do? Let them roll in?

Regarding the U.S.A.: it takes money, equipment and resources to move millions of soldiers across the Pacific to China.

Didn't really stop us when we did that to Japan... If it becomes an "existential" war... we can print money like there's no tomorrow.

and that's how empires end... just like everyone before it. Not with a bang, but a whimper.