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>>RE: I seem to recall a couple of wars in the first half of the last century in which we participated. I am not claiming we did it all by ourselves, certainly not, but IMO both of them would have turned out differently if not for U.S. involvement. Would you rather we all spoke German now?
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>>This was accomplished by state of the art manufacturing(supply) and a very large population(to overwelm the enemy with a huge army). Of the two, the USA and China, which one has state of the art manufacturing and a very large population now?
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>This would play role if they were to restrict warfare to conventional guns. With weapons available today, next world conflict might be the
>very last.

There is no doubt whatsoever that your are absolutely correct if and when nukes are involved.