Cub Driver wrote:
We are not going to get into a shooting war with the Chinese. That is
the one war that cannot be fought, and fortunately the Chinese seem to
realize it as well as we do. Every year that goes by makes a war even
more improbable.

Then what are they getting prepared for?

Military balance goes against Taiwan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3545361.stm

-HJC