re: Does our military suck that bad???

Also another point regarding China and a hot conflict is the Russian question...will they intervene on behalf of their old communist friends ?

I highly doubt it. We could kick Russia some money and resources and they would probably turn a blind eye to whatever we did assuming we didn't mount pressure on their space. Putin doesn't give a frick about the Chinese outside of the fact that they poke us here and there. Russia can't do shite to stop them and is probably getting a little concerned at the monster they have created.