01-27-2017, 10:19 AM
I still question if that issue is going to be salient within the present turning. If it really wanted to directly acquire mineral-rich, barely habitable territory, why wouldn't it start with, say, Mongolia? Small population, big territory, historic claims, lots of resources, no nukes, etc. Going straight for nuclear war seems a bit of a drastic step. Even Hitler built up to invading Russia gradually, with lots of trial runs in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Austria, France, Norway, the Netherlands...
A few decades from now, maybe, but not? Color me skeptical.
A few decades from now, maybe, but not? Color me skeptical.