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Originally posted by BRISK
There are currently 130,000 soldiers in Iraq, and Bush recently received $87 billion to pay for the war in Iraq.
Considering that since China has 50 times the military that Iraq does (or did have), you could assume that a similar war with China would cost 50 times as much and would require 50 times the number of troops.
50 x 130,000 = 6.5 million troops required
50 x $87 billion = $4.35 Trillion to pay for the war
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The 87 billion is in large part set aside to build Iraq's infrastructure. Rebuilding it's power grid, building schools, hospitals, highways, etc.
As for troops... I don't know that you would need to match them man for man. It's no secret that the US air force is simply unmatched. They own the air and can inflict a shitload of damage on the ground that directly affects Chinese troops making them less effective. If there were a war with China, I would suspect the US to rely heavily on night time air strikes taking out strategic targets. They'd be moronic to just start droppin' troops on the ground and have them start battling it out.