[Bahbah]

Jeff, I need to borrow that crystal ball of yours.

[Jeff Head]

No crystal ball. We have been cozing up to India's perceived most dangrous threat (Pakistan) for years. They (the Indians) have been buying Russian stuff as a counter...and now they are getting closer to China. It was there (IMHO) for anyone to see and now it is starting to materialze, despite reservations and past history.

Nobody thought Stalin and Hitler would get together at the start of WWII like they did...yet they did and until Germany conducted Operation Barbarosa, it drove our military and political planners crazy. This would have the same effect, particularly if it grew into something more.