For the past 5 1/2 years the Obama administration has destroyed relations with its allies and shown weakness in the face of belligerence by China and now Russia.
Weakness or the perception of such by adversaries creates the conditions for war- not the other way around.
The thing is- it is now probably too late. If the US started building up forces and pushing bomber patrols, it would escalate and tip the world into war since the Russians and Chinese don't see resolve in our leaders....Russia and China don’t get messages or signals. I think the US should be getting serious about nuclear war – cancel New Start and Russian overflights. Start flying B-52s with nuclear tipped cruise missiles each night. Start increasing the US nuclear arsenal. OK, I’m delusional if I think these are going to happen. Although, there is hope the overflights might stop.
In my study of collapses, I have found that the problems start much earlier (decades) before an actual collapse happens. Once you find yourself in a pre-collapse state – something small can cause something big – then it’s already too late to fix it. Collapse in this case means war. And I am suggesting that it is already too late to avoid a war with both Russia and China. The US has disarmed too much and shown too much weakness for too long. Now many articles are discussing the possibility of war with either Russia or China.
The US needs to be very careful or there will be war. Funny how Russia and China don’t need to be all that careful, or at least they don’t act like it. Could it be that they are seriously prepared mentally to execute a nuclear war if needed? The leaders can accept losses of around 90 to 95% of their populations if it means the termination of the US. The Russians have given us so many hints since 2008, that it is the equivalent of hitting us over the head with a 2×4 – we will nuke you if you aren’t careful. That means the Russians are fully prepared to launch a nuclear attack on the US given the right circumstances. So too with the Chinese. This is simply incomprehensible to the West. The only way to change this calculus is for the US to be more prepared for nuclear war than they are. Not going to happen.
(EDIT: This is already happening- http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/world/eur ... ?hpt=hp_t1 Even token shows of force will only escalate things from bad to worse at this point)
Either Russia and China get what they want in terms of territorial gains (by force or coercion) or it's war.
Of course we will eventually be backed into a corner ourselves and have to retaliate with force at some point.
We're already to the point of sanctions against ANOTHER NUCLEAR POWER.
This isn't Saddam and a few chemical fart bombs. This is Vlad the impaler with nukes.
Will another democrat preside over the next (and possibly FINAL) world war?
http://www.1913intel.com/2014/05/01/u-s ... inessweek/
