In the middle of the night when I have my most deeply considered thoughts, I do worry that the good old days of the Cold War were so much more certain, even when I spent hours on exercise with my Gas Mask on and my NBC suit on.
If I want to have a sleepless night, I think of November 2020 - Trump just might not get re-elected - and we all know that he hates China. So he has some 6 months to develop a campaign against China - Covid19 and the origins of it are very obvious ammunition - plus the very ongoing aspirations of China over the South China Seas - so - without too much provocation, he exercises the undoubted capabilities of the US military to divert or concentrate opinion at home about domestic issues. It has been done before.
A cornered animal??
And then where do we all go?
North Korea, China, Iran - and potentially a USA operating without any old-fashioned diplomatic restraint or a President who can be seen to be occasionally out of control and hell-bent on personal aggrandisement.
I know - fake news has led me down this path.
Should I sleep well tonight??