Eisenhower warned us about the military complex when he was leaving office. He was right. When I turned 18, 1973, my brother was finishing up 4 years in the Navy, and 13 month's in Vietnam. Thought about joining, my dad, USMC with Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and couple other Pacific spots on his DD-214, advised against it. His words, if we'd have kept the politicians out of it, we should have won that war 5 years earlier. As stated, with China having so much interest in this country, don't see them starting a conventional war. They'd be blowing up much of their stuff, or have major ownership in it. I'm more afraid of a small country, possible in the ME that would/could hack the banking grid. Shut down the banking computers for a week or 2, this country would be in chaos!