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Esper’s dark vision for US-China conflict makes war more likely
- m4r35n357 7y agoWho will be the first to attempt to invade a virus-riddled country I wonder . . .
- mschuster91 7y agoApparently the US (as suspected), but the first target could very well be Iran. Disgusting enough that Trump doesn't even think about easing the sanctions so Iran can get medical equipment, and now his generals think about war (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/world/middleeast/trump-iran-iraq-coronavirus-militas.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/world/middleeast/trump-ir...).
- Synaesthesia 7y agoQuite disturbing. We are facing a new Cold War, and a new nuclear threat to humanity once again, actually it never went away!
- simonblack 7y agoI estimated a few years back that with China's continuing growth larger than the US's, the crossover date when China would be the strongest nation would be about 2025. To prevent that, the US in its Thucydides Trap (alternatively, its Wolfowitz Doctrine) would need to initiate a conflict with China about 5 years earlier (so, 2020) otherwise it would have no guarantee of winning that conflict, and would probably be destroyed completely. Wars in the Northern Hemisphere need to kick off in Spring (Mar 21) at best, or Summer (June 21) at the latest. If the US doesn't start a war with China in the next 3 months, it will have missed the boat.