A big war is coming, beyond a doubt. And we will start unprepared, again.
But the necessary ingredient for a WW II-style disaster is missing, because the Germans, what’s left of them, don’t want to play.
I imagine the Chinese will neutralize Japan and take the Pacific East to the second island chain, South to the Torres strait, and North, who knows? What deals are in the works, or even possible, between the Whites in Moscow and the Yellows in Beijing can’t be known at this time.
Australia and NZ will become satellites. I doubt they want Hawaii, but they might take it just to show the world who the big dog is.
I don’t think a diverse America has much fight in it.
I don’t think the Chinese will risk killing their economy. I see them more as spectators protecting their economic interests.
I work with a Chinese citizen and Chinese people really like the US. Much of China’s military production is designed for foreign sale. They want to replace the Soviet Union as the biggest arms seller. Russia just can’t do it anymore.
China has a huge Muslim problem that they know needs attention.
Key difference is dominant middle east moslims and economic colapse.
Supposedly NSA had Snowden in Hawaii organizing a shift of their Tier 1 databases over to the Islands, I assumed to keep it protected if civil unrest struck the US. I wonder if that wasn’t such a bright idea. Hawaii might have just become a very rich, very isolated target for any enemy to acquire.