Originally Posted by alansmithee

I extended your line of thinking to it's logical conclusion. I took your mentioning population to assume that you expected a conflict to only end when one side was totally wiped out. You attached no significance toward the 5% number being anything more than an arbitrary point supposedly showing how ineffective the American military would be against China. that's not the case, then I misread what you said. Although I did reread that section, and notice you exaggerated a bit. China does have BILLIONS, 1.2 BILLIONS to be exact. And using the ratio you provided (200:1), 1,000,000 would kill around 18% not 5%. I think your use of hyperbole and incorrect facts is unfortunate and reflects badly on you.