The biggest potential military threat to the US in the future does appear to be China. (IANAG: Though I am not a general, so take this with a grain of salt.) W

The biggest potential military threat to the US in the future does appear to be China. (IANAG: Though I am not a general, so take this with a grain of salt.) We've already fought, in some fashion, arguably, 2 wars with them (Korea and Vietnam, though obviously they had a lesser role in the latter), they have over 4 times the population, could field a gigantic field army, have massively increased their industrial base, and we've become massively dependent on them for their manufacturing, letting ours atrophy. (Which may decrease the chance we'd start a war with them, but increases the chance it would hurt us if one happened anyway.) And Taiwan is the most likely flashpoint to start a shooting conflict since after 50+ years they still act like it's just a rebel province (hilarious!). So yeah, if that happens, I could see how there would be a risk of hostility to Asian Americans. (Btw, I'm not a fan of that term, however, because Asia includes large parts of Russia, it includes India, Iran, etc. and yet as commonly used the term AA does not include people of those regions, which is bizarre. Therefore I like the older, but somehow now un-P.C. term of Oriental, because it more specifically refers to the culture cluster of Jap/Chi/Kor/Thai/etc.) Plus, the governments of both countries will likely continue to want a Big Boogeyman to scare their citizens with, and focus aggression outward. The US and other countries have done it many times in the past, and I see no reason why it won't continue to happen in the future, unless some extreme change happens either to the nature of government, or the average intelligence/education/gullability of people. Also, given the topic, I'm curious as to whether this thread will devolve into references to Hitler (bingo, too late!), or whether I'll get downmodded for using the 'evil' word Oriental. :)