Originally Posted by netspeak

The honest truth ? Because they give a much better fight. Iraq had WW2 weapons for gods sake. China would kick america's arse, largest army in the world. Not to mention it would piss everyone off. Iraq was considered a piece of trash by a lot of people so not much fuss was made, well a lot was but nothing in comparison to China.

Lets not forget virtually all manufactured goods are made in China, if the chinese government was invaded by America. America would be digging their own grave.