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**catarleriarly** · 07-01-2011, 11:02 PM

Nah, not really. The US is still the largest economy, still the largest manufacturer, and our military is the envy of the world. I'm no American exceptionalist or any other bullsh!t like that, but in a straight up non-Iraq/Astan/Vietnam type of war we would make quick work of an enemy in a straight up fight. They can own us all they want, but they can't repossess anything without the repo man coming back in a body bag.

The question regarding a military confrontation with China is do we have the money for a military confrontation. And if we do how long can we sustain a deployment. In the future a confrontation with the US will come at a time of greatest disadvantage to the US, like if we had to send troops to Iraq and Afghanistan again, then the Chinese might make some headway. And if it doesn't work out for them they can wait and prepare for the next time.

07-01-2011, 11:02 PM	#8
catarleriarly Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Nah, not really. The US is still the largest economy, still the largest manufacturer, and our military is the envy of the world. I'm no American exceptionalist or any other bullsh!t like that, but in a straight up non-Iraq/Astan/Vietnam type of war we would make quick work of an enemy in a straight up fight. They can own us all they want, but they can't repossess anything without the repo man coming back in a body bag. The question regarding a military confrontation with China is do we have the money for a military confrontation. And if we do how long can we sustain a deployment. In the future a confrontation with the US will come at a time of greatest disadvantage to the US, like if we had to send troops to Iraq and Afghanistan again, then the Chinese might make some headway. And if it doesn't work out for them they can wait and prepare for the next time.
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