Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
If history has shown anything it is the next conflict will not be where we are expecting it and who’s cause is unforeseen. Personally I think if there is a conflict with the West involving China it will be a by product of a Pakistan v India nuclear exchange which draws in the rest of the world. I find it very concerning that the Pakistani ISI fanatics have control of the nuclear weapons.
You raise a very valid point, big problems erupt from places where people are not dealing with the festering issues.
That was how the Balkan mess exploded, no one gave a hoot.
Pakistan ditto, they will be losing beaucoup bucks as the US abandons Afghanistan, because all the massive supply came via Pakistan.
Unlike India, Pakistan has zippo to fall back on, no massive cheap sweat shops , no big drug precursor factories.
Once the US money stops, they will depend on the good graces of China and China is a hard task master by all accounts.
A war seems like just the ticket under those circumstances. The Kaiser's Germany thought the same a century or so ago.
Everybody lost in that instance, could well happen again.