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I agree it's insane, but the US is apparently working towards it (and China is responding in kind). http://yalejournal.org/2013/06/12/who-authorized-preparatio

• Gormo 13y ago
  Militaries develop strategic plans for wars that will never occur all the time. It's an effective form of contingency planning, and an effective way to practice strategic planning. I believe there have been plans developed by the Pentagon for a war with Canada, too.
  • kiiski 13y ago
    The first sentence in the linked article is: "The Pentagon has concluded that the time has come to prepare for war with China, and in a manner well beyond crafting the sort of contingency plans that are expected for wide a range of possible confrontations." I didn't bother reading all of it (it's not something that interests me), but that beginning seems to kind of undermine your point.
    • knowaveragejoe 13y ago
      The issue is complex, hence why the article is so long: > To judge by several published reports which will be discussed in greater detail below, including those by government “insiders,” there is no indication—not a passing hint— that the White House has ever considered earnestly preparing the nation for a war with China. Nor is there any evidence that the White House has compared such a strategy to alternatives, and—having concluded that the hegemonic intervention implied by ASB is the course the United States should follow—then instructed the Pentagon to prepare for such a military showdown