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I agree that a dictator starting a reckless regional conflict is a safe bet. Be it Taiwan, Vietnam or India, the likelihood of war is increasing drastically.

• dis-sys 9y ago
  > Be it Taiwan, Vietnam Vietnam? Surely those old US vietnam war veterans are going to cheer up their great grandsons and ask them to be strong when defending the same communist vietnamese government they fought against 50 years ago. Gee, that will be an embarrassing moment.
  • varjag 9y ago
    It's not like they didn't see Communist China attacking Communist Vietnam before..
• craigsmansion 9y ago
  > I agree that a dictator starting a reckless regional conflict is a safe bet. Would you say it is more or less safe than an elected official starting up a conflict to distract people around re-election time? > Be it Taiwan The PRC is already at war with Taiwan, and has been for decades now. As far as wars go, it's pretty bloodless, with the PRC only saber-rattling when Taiwan purchases and places new US weapons, but other than that both parties don't want to rock the boat, because that's bad for business. So unless some idiot tries to get in between and force the issue, it's pretty safe to assume there will be no armed conflict in the near future between the PRC and Taiwan.
  • varjag 9y ago
    > Would you say it is more or less safe than an elected official starting up a conflict to distract people around re-election time? China is not a democracy, not sure what are you getting at.