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It seems to me that I did not address in my response much of what you rant about here. I said: China is a more powerful nation at this point in time than was Germany or Japan (probably both together at that point in time). I do not think a Chinese take over of Taiwan would be met with a US military response. I have an occasional Bloody Mary, but Tylenol is my drug of choice every so often. I did not question the need for preparedness. You invent straw men, tear them down, then say, "What a good boy am I."

You are dead wrong about China being a more powerful nation than Germany or Japan in WWII...Germany had the newest technology possible at the time. China's combat systems are about 15 years behind ours. Their Navy would be the biggest obstacle for the U.S. but wouldn't be anything we couldn't handle. Their Air Corps doesn't compare to the United States'.