I would not have called a Chinese invasion of Taiwan a civil war - not sure of your point there. My reference to a Chinese civil war was like how I would image

I would not have called a Chinese invasion of Taiwan a civil war - not sure of your point there. My reference to a Chinese civil war was like how I would image a US civil war. Start out as a small outburst of grievances and quickly grow. Israel has made a grave mistake and is only now just starting to realize it - views made public with the 'painful concessions' speech made 4 days ago. Due to modern weaponry we no longer live in a world were you can relatively cheaply maintain dominance over your neighbors. In my view the failure to navigate this new state of affairs could be terminal. The US can no longer afford to bail them out of a major regional war.