In the meantime, we, the US, are sending our troops out to die in what many people call meaningless wars. However, when you think about it, the US is actually creating the military leaders it will need if China does choose to attack. Two sides to every coin, I guess.
"Well, as it happens, I wrote the damned SOP," Illescue half snarled, "and as of now, you can bar those jackals from any part of this facility until Hell's a hockey rink! Is that perfectly clear?!" - Dr. Franz Illescue - Honor Harrington: At All Costs
"I don't know what I'm do, or how I do, I just do." - Alexander Ovechkin</sub>