But food for thought here: can America win when fighting both Russia and China at the same time? They say Germany's mistake in WW2 was fighting America and Russia simulta eously.
My opinion is to stop fighting Russia, let them have their way with non-NATO eastern europe and central Asia so long as they steer clear of genocide and terrorism.
As far as China goes,offense is the best defense. Perhaps with help from Russia,american allied western europe can compete with China's belt-road initiative? Ex-colonial western europe has the upper hand to compete in Africa. Just going by the nature of China's high-profile hacks (OPM and Equifax for example),it seems influence and long-term control of the west is their goal. They have no delusions of open war or a quick collapse of the west but they simply do not want to be told what to do just like America will not be told what to do when "advancing democracy" all over the world with or without force. China is in the process of doing to america,east asia and africa what America has been doing in Africa and South America for decades. Russia on the other hand wants regional control, their former glory restored and like china they also don't want to be told what to do. Except russia shows no sign of ambitions for world domination like China. Either way, America with all the internal strife would find it very hard to win in a proxy war against either china or russia alone.
I only hope things don't escalate to military involvement in HK.