Hey Tugman, but you have to remember, both of these countries' buisnesses would fall apart. If stores can't afford to buy merchandise, then the country gets angry and it would just cause chaos in the United States with riots and uprisings. Then money will be more, I guess you could call it, Scarce in both countries. America might be able to support themselves alone, but you have to think, the US hasn't supported themselves since 1941.

And if the United States can't support itself, then what would they have accomplished???

Hello sirius(366). I believe that it is not actually really smart for these to countries to go to war. I mean think of it for a second. We might have the technological support, they have the size of the people. THINK. These countries wouldn't go to war because if they did, both countries would lose an extreme amount of money, and even if they did the only way to settle the dispute would be between nuclear weapons. For example if America were to go to war with China, then China would stop the shipment of supplies to the United States. When that happens, then China would run out of money to support their military. When China cuts of supplies to America, then America's largest of buisnesses will suffer a great loss in money. You have to think of what you say. Most people think weapons win a war. But if you take a look, China needs money to fund their military and America needs money to fund their military. And also, when the buisnesses cannot afford to pay the workers, both countries got into a bankrupt situation. For example if America is in the Economy it is in right now, if we were to start a war, we would lose to the loss of money. I mean look what the war in Iraq and Afghanistan did to us. There wouldn't be just years of fighting. There would be at least a good 40 years of fighting beacause of the amount of people in China. They can double their population in a matter of 16 years. Think about it. And then when the two countries come to a time where they can't fight anymore, or because they've used up all their resources, then that is when they commense the nuclear war. Due to that, the world's resources will run dry because the US and China are huge countries. Remember weapons don't always help fight a war. Resources, Money, and Strategy win wars. Think about what I have said and please reply. I really don't think that these countries would want to go to war.