Iran is run by Islamic fanatics seeking to bring about the Apocalypse, which is why I DO NOT include them in the civilized nation list. North Korea might go nuclear, but it all hinges on Kim’s heir. Meanwhile, I am confident that China and Russia aren’t that stupid, because if they launch first it will be open season on them. Which is why I say that the MAD doctrine no longer applies, because nukes can only be used selectively if at all. At any rate, it would better serve China’s interest to take over Russia rather than America. Russia has a quickly declining population and a lot of land with a lot of resources. Meanwhile, China has millions of screaming male virgins who are very interested in Russian brides.
On the subject of key assets, the US and NATO control GPS. Good luck to Russia and China guiding munitions without it.
And they are armed by Russia and are even receiving aid, both political and physical, for their nuclear program. And yet you would fail to exclude Russia, a country where people are still beaten, tortured and murdered by the state, from the civilized nation list?
Meanwhile, I am confident that China and Russia aren’t that stupid
Why? Both nations are unrepentant mass murderers. Even in Russia, Gulag guards responsible for the brutal murder of thousands upon thousands of people are still protected from extradition by the regime and are honored as "veterans" of the great patriotic war. The regime in the Kremlin is even working on rehabilitating Joseph Stalin as a patriotic hero of the nation.
At any rate, it would better serve China’s interest to take over Russia rather than America.
And yet China is preparing for war not against Russia, but against the United States, who are still depicted in their state run media as the world's bad guy.
On the subject of key assets, the US and NATO control GPS. Good luck to Russia and China guiding munitions without it.
If I remember correctly, the Russkies have been developing, or already have developed, their own version, along with modernizing their nuclear forces. Not only that, but Russia is actively subverting the right wing in our country. Members of Ron Paul's Peace Foundation, for example, were members of shady Pro-Soviet "human rights" groups, likely FSB/KGB constructs. And now they pose as Libertarians who call for isolationism and blame the United States for all the world's woes.
Why would Russia be running a covert information war against this country and the rest of the West if it did not have hostile intentions?