Years? Try months. I suspect that it is in fact acceleration of China's plans to resolve the Taiwan Situation that triggered this whole Ukraine crisis. It's

Years? Try months. I suspect that it is in fact acceleration of China's plans to resolve the Taiwan Situation that triggered this whole Ukraine crisis. It's like the run-up to WWI. Everybody can see which way the wind is blowing. Once you are sure that war is inevitable, the best strategy is, unfortunately, to grab what you can.