Especially if the "other country" had seen no significant military action since 1991, when Sino-Vietnamese war ended, and in that time we completely destroyed 8

Especially if the "other country" had seen no significant military action since 1991, when Sino-Vietnamese war ended, and in that time we completely destroyed 8 countries, had significant military action in 4 more, and overthrown some governments on top of that, with utterly devastating consequences in at least one country (Ukraine).