Just see the latest cover of The Economist. It sums it all, the US vs China thing is more serious than we think.
Here in the Middle East, nothing gives more pleasure to people than seeing US eat dirt after getting bombed to smithereens for decades. South America has had their share of getting stripped of all self respect by the Americans.
A little introspection would help the US rather being gung-ho about this one as well as this is not going to go down very well.
World War 3; this time the adversary also has shiny machines.