Look at it from an environmentalist green perspective.
Say 750 million Chinese and 650 million from India die in an all-out war. Only a tiny percentage of the earth’s surface would be uninhabitable for a tiny period of time in a cosmic sense, with a 1.35 billion smaller human footprint. Kerry might be conflicted, but Gates would probably count it a win.
And you’d still have half the population of each country left.
“And you’d still have half the population of each country left.”
You mean the half that lives in the U.S.?