To Youve got to be kidding: I'm not saying that that will ever happen, but I think you're wrong to assume that no one will be afraid of it happening. We knew we couldn't fight a hot war with Russia, but that didn't stop us from keeping 200,000 troops and 9,000 tanks on the boarder from East Germany for 50 years. We spent billions of dollars maintaining an army that would have literally been disintegrated if we ever had to use it. Conservatives don't think the world has changed, they think that there will always be someone who wants to take from us what we have and that if we're not king of the hill, we might as will be dead. They think its God's will that we rule the world.
To wqqqqqq: The difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals believe that we cannot resolve our differences through hostilities. Only through economics, free trade and globalization will there be peace. Where you live and who you were born to should not determine what rights you have. Everyone should be free to make a bid on resources, and the highest bidder should win and through that system, everyone benefits. Conservatives believe your nationality is essential to your identity and that those lucky enough to be born in this nation should fight and die to maintain their way of life and everyone else is irrelevant. If you believe liberalism is right and will prevail, then you will know that our relationship with China has, for the most part, benefited both sides and will continue to do so.