05-17-2020, 09:11 PM
(05-17-2020, 07:14 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: "There could be a trivial
incident today, tomorrow or the next day, with a small clash between
China and Japan that spirals into a war because of the massive
nationalism and xenophobia on both sides."
Also, the arguments about nuclear weapons don't apply here, since Japan does not have nuclear weapons. China might make the assumption that the US wouldn't use nuclear weapons to defend Japan.
I still think it's more likely that China will see an internal war, though, which would presumably not be nuclear.
I have a separate question: at one point in response to a question from me, I think you said Russia had been moved from the WWI time line to the WWII time line by WWII. Is that still your view - that Russia is now on the WWII time line?
