American nature has always been sore losers so it has been easily predictable for >15 years that Chinese dominance will reach a point, sometime between 2020 and 2030, where America conclude gambling on a hot war is their own chance at survival, no matter how bad the odds. That's just their nature.Correct. Russian hawks are gone and replaced by China hawks. Their entire focus is on China. The China hawks want their proxy war against China like what Russia hawks did with Ukraine. All the moves made are moving chess pieces for a clash with China. They didn’t become peaceful people by wanting to end the Ukraine war, they just disagree on the opponent.
But at end of the day it's not about will, it's about ability, America gambled on their failed bio-war in 2020 without checking if they can fight one, and proverbially found out the hard way even to this day. Its the same economically and militarily, it's not about if they want to fight a trade war, tech war or hot war, it's about their total lack of competency in all domains across both parties.
China has already prepared the pit for the sore loser to jump into, TBH at this point it would be disappointing if America chickens out