Why do you think they call for so many ceasefires so they can rearm and regroup like in Ukraine And Syria? The key is to send back cargo planes full of body bags to get Americans to go cold turkey about their war addiction. Korea and Vietnam are still words spoken with fear by Americans today, and the phrase “never start a land war in Asia” was a thing in the latter half of the 20th century.The Americans are masters at punching first to devastating effect, however if you survive the first rounds and drag them to the middle of the swamp they'll tap out, their system can't handle attrition. I think the world has gotten soft because of years of relative stability, this has lulled folks into a false sense of security and weakened the warrior spirit. What's that saying about good times make weak men.
This is why China must never accept this US‘ desire for its own regional hegemony in its own sphere since its obvious the U.S. only wants this to have a safe fallback position whilst it causes chaos around the world.