02-04-2017, 09:28 AM
(02-04-2017, 03:17 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: > What? Why? Why wouldn't the US be allied with China, Pakistan,
> and the Sunni states against India, Russia, and Iran instead?
> None of the dots you mention say anything about the US.
That's an interesting question. Could the US join China and
Pakistan against India and Britain? I just don't see how that's
possible.
One thing that I've pointed to in the past is that Russia has invaded
and annexed parts of Georgia and Ukraine, and yet there hasn't been
even a hint of war between the US and Russia. Basically, the Russian
people and Western people like each other, for the most part.
But I believe that we would be at war with China within six hours if
China invaded Taiwan (or Japan or Philippines). Even though we saved
China's ass in WW II, they still hate us.
(02-04-2017, 03:17 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: > Also, why isn't the EU included in this analysis? What side will
> they be on, or will they split up as tensions between the French
> and Germans reassert themselves?
This is a question that I've been puzzling over for ten years. There
are several historical fault lines -- Catholic vs Protestant, Western
vs Orthodox, Christian vs Jew, Greek vs German, and so forth. How
these fault lines will align in the coming war is still to be
determined.
One hypothesis that I've considered is that "universal religions"
stick together, while "targeted religions" stick together. The
universal religions are Catholic, Sunni Islam, and Buddhism, while the
targeted religions are Protestant Christianity, Orthodox Christianity,
Shia Islam, Hinduism, Taoism, Judaism.
I wrote about this hypothesis in the following article:
** 17-Aug-16 World View -- Russia-Iran airbase agreement further isolates Saudi Arabia
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e160817
and I've received nothing but ridicule for it. But still, the
hypothesis has some historical significance, and might have some
relevance it predicting the alignment of the various European nations.
