You have to wonder why the americans are so paranoid, they were totally freaked out by the so called Russian threat following WW2 and that saga has persisted to this day, but is this really nothing more than a justification to spend insane amounts of dollars on the defence industry, an awful lot of people have become very very rich as a result. Now they see China as both just another justification and also an actual threat to their very economy, but rather than rattle swords just up your own game and accept competition. The truth is that no one can really win a war today, there can only be all losers so why even think like a warload.