What do you mean shades of Neocons in 2003? I literally work in MI, I have to see what kind of threats our enemies are, and China is the big 1 and or 2, depedning on who you askYeah, not really buying it because the same issues were present in the 2000s and the information flowed a lot more freely before Xi Jinping took over; people forget how open China was under guys like Hu Jintao. The simple fact of the matter is the Elites don't care about China at best now or are actively opposed to it because of the reasons others have cited given the growing power of China.
Case in point: China Labor Costs back in 2016 reached parity with American rates. That they are making a lot of money off China just simply doesn't cut it as an excuse.
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Shades of Neocons in 2003.
This is untrue. They have the numbers, and more then enough advanced weapons, though in small numbers, to pose a thread.China isn't a meaningful threat to the American world order. It has no military power projection past its borders, and is economically dependent upon US guarantees of free trade. It is entirely possible (though not necessarily likely) that China will pick a fight with a bordering nation, and an alliance of nations that are fed up with China's shit will fight back and defeat it without even needing US support. If India, Vietnam, Japan, the Philipines and the key Oceania nations all allied together, China would be in deep shit. US support would just guarantee a Chinese loss.
What poses a threat to the American world order, is our own political and moral corruption, and China is very willing to take advantage of that for our own gain.
Edit: It is possible for China to grow into a threat in the future, but currently it's a regional superpower, not a world superpower.
Compared to annby other enemy of the US, China is the most advanced and biggest threat, especially when it comes to spcial assets.
Here is a good article about what a war with China, defending Taiwan would look like. What war with China could look like
Goes into detail and would surpriseyou how not prepared for a force on force the US is, and why we are switching to it.