Then I have a task for you.
Try to handle the truth that the west cannot geostrategically survive Russia becoming China's backyard. Look directly at that truth and let me know if and when you've handled it.
Try to handle the truth that the west cannot geostrategically survive Russia becoming China's backyard. Look directly at that truth and let me know if and when you've handled it.
On the other hand, if the Ukraine war and related political stresses prove sufficient, we may actually see Russia split apart. That would make it so that China no longer has a single throat to choke with respect to Russia. It would likely have great knock-on effects with respect to nuclear MAD balance worldwide, since Russia has thus far been US’s largest rival there.
I’d feel horrified, helpless and powerless, coupled with some mixture of:
- “damn, it’s a shame they couldn’t hold out for longer”
- “at least it’s not my own country”
- “my home country is just next door, so I sure hope they’ll stop at Ukraine and don’t go any further yet”
- “I’m so lucky I moved abroad and live on the other end of the continent away from all this”
Just seems like a 2nd cold war on steroids. Not sure why the west won't be the one to survive as opposed to Russia & China.
But also, doesn't that strengthen the argument that the west must intervene? What would you rather oppose, a weaken Russia + China (not to mention a stronger NATO alliance with Finland, Sweden & Ukraine) or a stronger Russia + China?