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After the US and its allies are done destroying Russia, they will go after China next. Doubtful, given the state of the global economy.
by cygx 5y ago
After the US and its allies are done destroying Russia, they will go after China next.
Doubtful, given the state of the global economy.
- FooBarWidget 5y agoThe US is already going after China. Russia merely distracted them — for now. There is even precedence for this. In the 1960s, the Pentagon proposed nuking 200+ million Chinese (1/3rd population) in case a nuclear war between US and USSR happened, just to prevent China from being a viable surviving society. And the only reason why they capped at 200+ million was because Chinese population was too dispersed so it would take too many nukes to kill more. Source: declassified document https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2018-08-15/us-nuclear-war-plan-option-sought-destruction-china-soviet-union-viable-societies https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2018-0...
- smolder 5y agoWargaming involves lots of proposals. I suppose it's a very good thing that one never got its chance at being carried out, and not just for China's sake.
- cygx 5y agoIn the 1960s, the Pentagon proposed nuking 200+ million Chinese And in the meantime, China became the United States' largest source of imported goods and 3rd largest export target (or 4th largest if you count the EU as a single block).
- FooBarWidget 5y agoYes after the normalization of diplomatic relations. But as you've noticed, these relations are increasingly being torn apart. War hawks are filling the ranks in US government. See e.g. AUKUS. There is no guarantee we wouldn't return to a time when Pentagon would seriously contemplate first-time-use nuking China.