Should the U.S attack China before they get too powerful?
112661
China wants us to attack becuse they have to many people over there and a war would kill many of them off.  Fixing there problem for them.\n\nThe U.S. would win before the war even started what would the point be?
706101
oh yes even taiwan have u.s help China will still win and u.s will lost more troop in iraq which mean more that 3000 will be kill. becuase China have the world larger amry.
301313
If they will fight in china, china has a big chance to win. They got so many people in the army and then they local people who will help. On the other hand it would be possible that if the US fights a war in china. Half the population will help the US to kick the communist out. More and more people in China want democracy, but can they say that? can they do something about that? Think back to 1989 what happend to the people who asked for democracy. \nSo if the US fights a war in China it could go two ways.\nIf the fight a war outside china i think The US will win. The Chinese army is BIG, but there high tech is not that advanced (not yet).  \nBut let's hope that this all will not happend, because it will affect the whole world.
86033
China isn't going to be the "absolute power."  While technologically they are moving quite fast, socially and politically, they are generations behind.  During the 1980s, it was the belief that the Germans and the Japanese would become two of the dominant forces in the world, possibly even passing the US.  But, less than a decade later, both economies were crashing.\n\nI don't think the USA will "crash off" either.  The only way the US would really run into a problem is through isolationism.  I think the idea of countries as superpowers are going to lose their luster since the end of the Cold War.  Instead, it will become consortiums, such as NATO, the EU and OPEC.\n\nAs much as some people would hope the US would dissolve, they don't realize the true potential for it.  We are so invested throughout the world, through economic and social foundations.  The US donates more money to humanitarian causes that anywhere else, and we have the largest economy, both for consumption and production.
933606
China we need to get them before they get us
1116647
I don't neccessarily know about strongest, but there are actively building their military at an incredible rate. What is most alarming is that they seem to only be focusing on improving their offensive potential. China has no real security threats in Asia to defend against, so peolple should ask themselves, why an offensive build up?
364813
yes.\ni would even go so far to say that are likely to become the next world "hyper" power. (the US is the first recognized hyper power country and was so some time after the fall of USSR)\nchina has said for a long long time they were tired of being treated as a second rate country and were going to emerge as a superpower.  the three gorges dam was just one of many things they started doing to boost themselves.\nthey definitely have a goal and there is no sign that they will reach it.
114285
1) Yes\n2) When the United States of America invades another country or when the United States of America is attacked by Terrorists or when China starts buying Gold (Currently they have just 2% of their reserves in Gold)
1174538
Depends on what you mean as 'threat'?\n\nEconomically... yes. China currently has the fastest growing economy in the world.\n\nMilitary force... yes but as long as we remain an ally we are not in danger.
1152302
That's a scary thought. I don't fear china, but it would be prudent to treat them with as much respect as possible. I believe it would be very costly in lives.
1098022
Large standing armies,in the case of Kim ill.He would probably fold if we launched on him though.Until we can get our missile defense up a little better it is just too much of a risk to take.Besides as long as we can buy him cheaper than we can fight him we are better off.\nIn the case of China I think we are probably using the best possible strategy.Turn their economy toward capitalism and away from communism and we might wind up with one of the strongest allies we have ever had.\nThe sad part is none of this stuff works in the Mid-East.They have a different kind of mentality,like kamikazes.They value power and clever deceit,and if you have no will to use force they will never respect you.That's why they call us the paper tiger.
1140062
Most definitely yes.\nChina is a very Old and disciplined country that has survived\nfor so many years. thus their huge population.\nThey have the technology and resources to control the world economically. It will be through economic rule that China will be able to dominate the world.\nand if called on the China army is well equipped to defend itself.
1082949
The US military is already overstretched. If we should see a conflict on the Korean Peninsula or if a conflict should break out between Taiwan and China… or if forced to fight Iran, the US does not have the ready forces to meet the need without leaving the homeland defenseless.\n\nWe need the draft.
844171
Why would it take another terrorist attack on our own soil to destroy us as a superpower?  I don't understand your reasoning.\nActually, since most of our manufacturing is now done in China, I think the big C is headed in that direction anyway.  I've always felt that China would one day be our biggest, greatest, strongest enemy.  (And you can bet your a** that the present f-ups in the Middle East have the Chinese people sitting back and chuckling; they won't even have to lift a hand to destroy the US.  We are doing that for them.  When we have nothing left here but the desperately poor and the outrageously rich--the rich will all fly off to "the islands", and China will put us all to work for them)  (At even lower "wages" than their people make.....)
199132
Attacked and invaded China to get the resources they needed for world domination.  \n\nThen attacked the US at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.\n\nThen they lost the war they started.
445283
I think NO.  Let's reverse the question, should China take over the world. I think NOT.  The question is realy, should we impose our values and culture on other people.  Look at Iraq, which we supposedly attacked to support "democratic" reform.  It's been a botched job, from the get go.  Now lets take what has been a 3 year process, 280 billion spent, thousands dead and wounded( and I am not talking just US personell) and Iraq is only twice the size of Idaho.\n\nNow extend that a million times and ask the question again.
1129511
It's not really a case of losing courage when you look at the size, growth and devlopment that is occurring in China.  We are not the only super power in the world today.\n\nThe real risk would be if China decided to call in the US loans resulting from the deficit, stopped buying US denominated bonds and put trade restrictions on US imports.  After all without China the US Dollar would be flushed down the financial toilet instead of treading water in the toilet bowl!