[highlander_UW]

Unfortunately, History (the study of european, classical, and (hemispheric) american) is not on your side at all. I am not aware of any historical precedent on the scale you describe, in the manner you describe. Can you offer any?

I will agree that likelihood and desirability may not be on the same page in this regard.

[WoofDog123]

yeah... it is genuinely depressing, when one looks at the various possible outcomes, say, 5 or 10 years from now.