You are partly right about the professional Army the US has being from the poor but there are no high school drop outs. Most of the US Soldier, Sailors, Marines and Airmen are well educated and very loyal to their country. They also remain in the service because they believe they are protecting their families. You fight harder defending what you perceive to be yours. They live from sun up to sun down hearing the great things our fathers did before them. They also hear the National Anthem and more patriotic songs daily. They get counseled all the time on Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage. Soldiers are motivated to do the right thing usually although it is like any group you have bad eggs in the dozen. The Chinese will have to deal with the same problem. The US military personnel are taught to think for themselves which is the biggest plus to the military. For the Chinese you kill the leaders and the rest fall apart. Leaders are not born they are made like tempering steel. Also every time the US gets attacked or we have something that requires the US people to come together they do so quickly. Do you think the US doesn't have hackers working for it? All of the first hackers were Americans who now work for the FBI. The US also has the ability to feed their troops much better than China. US Military are stronger, better equipped and better trained. They have been fighting 2 wars for 12 years and no complaints. They are war hardened and experienced. There is no comparison.