What prevents the USA from going to war with China?

As much as the American empire dreams of adding China to its rolls of "rogue states"—a term habitually pinned on any country that has the temerity to refuse to be absorbed into its orbit—it's a fantasy that will never come true.

Regardless of the rabid excitement of Pompeo, Bolton, and the rest of their kind, who lick their chops at the very prospect, the fact is straightforward: China isn't pushover material.

This is not a poor, fractured country that can be rolled over in the name of "liberation." China is a nuclear superpower with a powerful military, a unified government, and a fanatically patriotic populace.

You think roadside IEDs in Iraq are problematic?

You think previous wars' PTSD and amputations were bad?

Do consider launching an invasion into a country of more than one billion humans—most of whom retain generational wounds from the "Century of Humiliation," and seethe at the constant disinformation, interference, and scorn emanating from Washington

If that were to happen, I have no doubt the reaction would be brutal. Entire cities would become battlefields. Millions would fight back.

Not only the People's Liberation Army—disciplined and 1.6 million strong—but everyday citizens would fight tooth and nail. Guerrilla warfare, makeshift explosives, poisoned supplies, booby-trapped roads, and an unrelenting will to defend their homeland would make American losses staggering.

And this is only considering civilian resistance.

The official Chinese army, with its huge reserves, would be the most disciplined, resourceful, and determined foe the U.S. has ever faced. Many of them would proudly die if it meant making China independent.

In comparison with such a war, Vietnam would be reminiscent of a tranquil past.

The sentiment is that the truth is, American public opinion would break under the weight of the casualties long before Chinese morale would. Because the Chinese people—who have endured colonialism and sworn "never again"—will not give up their future.

Here is the hope that instead of dreaming up new enemies to vanquish, the U.S. can just stick to bullying small, splintered nations in the Middle East. That's the only kind of "victory" it has left.