I'm reading Bolton's book - it must have Xi et al in stitches.................. they don't need to fight anyone - just keep varying the pressure and make sure no idiot starts something on their own. They'll get what they want sometime in the next 10-20 years. No-one in the west can think beyond the next election...............
(I think Bolton is a nut case on many things - Dr Strangelove indeed - but he isn't a total idiot and his description of process in Washington is really frightening)