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"I will show you how a true Prussian officer fights!"
"And i will show you where the iron crosses grow..."
- "Cross of Iron"
Posted by: Viper Skills
To all those saying no...
China JUST now landed their first aircraft on their first aircraft carrier. The United States has eleven aircraft carriers, all of which are FAR more advanced than China's hand-me-down from Russia.
The Chinese are only now developing their first fifth generation fighter (J-20) while the United States already has over 200 of them. This is not even counting aircraft such as the F-18.
As with World War II, the fight in the Pacific would be an engagement between navies and, like World War II, he who controls the carriers controls the war. China would not be able to go on the offensive and their navy destroyed in weeks.
From there it doesn't matter how many men they have (which is their only advantage). They would be forced to blending in with the population to avoid bombings (like Vietnam).
In essence, the Chinese are in no way prepared to go toe-to-toe with Washington and they know it. Have they had a military buildup? Yes. Is it on par with the American military? Not even close. Not remotely. Even Chinese economic momentum is beginning to slow.
America needs an enemy of sorts. It seems people WANT to be scared of the big bad wolf out there who is going to invade and instill dirty, nasty Communism. The Red Scare after World War II and now this "China will rule all!" because they have had brief economic fortunes which, by the way, were compared to an America in the middle of a recession.
Who's GDP still outnumbers all other major global economies? America's. Who has the biggest military? America. Who has seen the quickest recovery from the recession? Brazil, Germany, and 'Murcah.
These are simple facts. It all sounds overly-patriotic but it's true anyway. There is a reason no country has fought us toe-to-toe in over 70 years.
It's not liable to be that way forever but it's certainly that way now.
You have no understanding of logistics.
How would we keep supplied?
The chinese people would fight for every inch, no matter how many aircraft we had.