I'm no strategic analyst - but I do get a whiff of BS about that.
Sounds more to me like the time-honoured ploy to get the great unwashed to do what they're bid.
Even relatively recent history tells us that.
Have a look at it..
North Korea is a joke.
China is not yet ready to do anything - it's just playing a game bullying its smaller neighbours to see what it can get away with.
If seriously confronted, it will pull its head in.
Vlad is not that stupid either - I hope.
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Last edited by Stanwell; 26th Aug 2016 at 13:27.