[Quix]

Part of me does not think

that even AlQaeda would be quite so bold about hinting their deliberate willingness to start WWIII

UNLESS

the puppet masters had aided and abetted them

AND

clued them in on the scheduled results of their efforts.

Consider it tinfoil if you wish. Stranger things have been true.

And, I don't think we will be able to prove it until it's too late.

[Mossad1967]

Agreed. China and Russia are not to be trusted.

[angkor]

Your real question is whether Russia and China are comfortable with the notion of the Muslim Caliphate desired by the Islamists, which is the whole point and at the heart of everything they do.

While I'm certain that Russia and China would like to see the wind taken from America's sails, I'm not so sure they'd like or could tolerate the full-bore Caliphate as desired by the Islamists (esp. Russia with trouble already on its borders and knowing the Caliphate is eventually to include Europe). Any collapse of America's economy (the Islamist's goal) is certain to have the same effect on China, with massive social disruption.

Do they want that? I don't think so.

Europe is either ignorant or simply doesn't care that the Caliphate is envisioned to include Rome and Constantinople.