Fighting China would be over before it began. They'd stop shipping stuff to the USA and that would be that. The degree to which the USA depends on China should

Fighting China would be over before it began. They'd stop shipping stuff to the USA and that would be that. The degree to which the USA depends on China should not be underestimated when talking loosely about starting major wars. That's exactly the kind of thinking that got the strait of Hormuz closed.