07-07-2017, 05:24 PM
(07-07-2017, 04:58 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:(07-07-2017, 02:56 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: > You're extrapolating from month to month variations in rhetoric.
> As you yourself point out, that's not a valid approach.
Just to be clear, I've been saying the same thing for well over ten
years -- that Russia will be an ally and China will be an enemy of
both the US and Russia. If I reference current events, it's only to
show that current events are staying roughly on the predicted trend
line.
But the Sino-Russian Pact has been in place since 2001 with large-scale joint exercises between the Russian and Chinese militaries have been held routinely since 2005. This was the case ten years ago and is still the case today in 2017.