(08-26-2016, 06:40 PM)Galen Wrote:(08-26-2016, 07:53 AM)Anthony Wrote: Therefore, unless Boomers bungle badly, both Moscow and Beijing are natural allies of our "crusade" - or at the absolute least can be persuaded to remain neutral, which would be more than enough for "us" to win.
Given their past history I think we can count on them fucking up very badly.
Alignment with partners who fcuk up so badly is bad foreign policy. That's why Vietnam was such a disaster for America.
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