AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
I've never heard that pre-Desert Storm Iraq had "inpenatrable" defenses. Just like they said then that Iraq had the 4th largest standing army in the world was wrong. If it was said, it was probably just propaganda like that. As for China... who knows? But China has more offensive capability than Iraq. So if anything the Chinese should've have learned from the Gulf War is if the US is building up forces in the region against China, at any hint of attack or even use the US's own pre-emptive excuse, launch as much offensively possible as they can especially on neighboring countries that allowed the US to build forces. The US can't be everywhere and most likely protecting her assets more than anything else.
Reality is neighboring countries won't be dumb enough to allow a buildup of US forces on their territory simply because it opens them to attack. That reality is always a factor in real war situations. And let's not forget the nukes. It's highly unlikely the US will ever attack China without using nukes. Remember, the US has declared the right to use nukes first on a country that has nukes. Which opens a whole other can of worms.
There are so many facets about war that play a lot more in the sum of all things than just one.
Reality is neighboring countries won't be dumb enough to allow a buildup of US forces on their territory simply because it opens them to attack. That reality is always a factor in real war situations. And let's not forget the nukes. It's highly unlikely the US will ever attack China without using nukes. Remember, the US has declared the right to use nukes first on a country that has nukes. Which opens a whole other can of worms.
There are so many facets about war that play a lot more in the sum of all things than just one.