(March 19, 2023 at 8:30 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: I think this makes the threat more real than less real. And I think China and India’s role on that might be crucial. The shorter this war drags on the less chance for a nuclear accident of that sort.
Russia has its hands full with Ukraine. Why should they want to widen the war to a nuclear exchange in which there will be no winner, only losers?
(March 19, 2023 at 8:32 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: + I don’t like this new arms race between the West and China either. I think we should be focusing our efforts on our energy transition rather than on a new cold-war with China.
Right, I'd rather not spend money on weapons if we could afford not to ... but given China's flexing of muscle in the waters off Southeast Asia, not to mention is increased military intimidation of Taiwan, makes me doubt whether a cold war is avoidable.
(March 19, 2023 at 8:32 am)Leonardo17 Wrote:
So if Xi is clever enough to see these things (I think his predecessors would have seen it) there might be a change for the better within one year or so. If not, I personally am not sure where this will lead us either
Xi's certainly clever enough to see that. It's just whether or not that fits in with his aims.
(March 19, 2023 at 8:32 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: Israel’s hands are tied because of the Russian military presence is Syria
+ They are facing an internal political crisis
+ No one knows what they are going to do if Iran pushes it’s nuclear ambitions even further.
I suspect that this news was floated in the hopes of distracting the public from the demonstrations about their courts.
