Confucius, Tzun Tzu, and Richard Nixon

Confucius say 君子不立于危墙之下。
The translation says "gentleman is not to stand under the dangerous wal." Obviously this isn't a good translation. The true meaning is a gentelman (nobleman, wise man, or woman of course) doesn't put him/herself in dangerous situation.

Tzun Tzu say 故善战者，立于不败之地，而不失敌之败也。
Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy.

Great minds think alike. Confucius' philosophy is to not get into losable situation. Tzun Tzu's philosophy is to always be in the unbeatable position. Richard Nixon wrote 1999: Victory Without War. Forget about Watergate, let's pay some respect to Nixon whom was one of the greatest strategists, if not the greatest, during Cold War. When other great leaders like Harry Truman were attracted to not lose or others like Ronald Reagan were planning how to win, Nixon had already made the free world unbeatable.
What's said is today, over 10 years after 1999 or 20 years after the Cold War, people still don't listen to Nixon. It's really not how militarily or economically strong made the U.S. win the Cold War, but rather the Soviet people decided to "be like the Americans" tore down the Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain. So we don't need to democratize the Middle East, North Korea, and China. All we need to do is welcoming these countries to the international society, and showing them how to succeed. The people, or even the leaders will make the best choice.
Let's use China as an example. Today's China is world's factory. Can China afford the price of being the threat to the world? The first thing to happen if China ever cross the line would be the collapsing of its economy. Before the Red China rulling the universe the Chinese people would overthrow the regime.

But politicians don't see it. They only see big slogans that can help them win elections. So they say no to foreign aid, just let China and Russia aid countries struggling between democracy and totalitarianism. So they say no to investing in China, just let China have a complete independent economy. So they say no to military spending, just let China catch up.
China is too big to be rejected. If Washington D.C. doesn't change its policies, a new Cold War will start within the next 10 years. I don't doubt the free world will win again just as it did multiple times in history, but why do you have to fight a war, cold or hot, when there's a chance to win without war? People, don't be stupid.