Saudis to back Sunni Insurgents if USA pulls out of Iraq

[mercenary2k]

Re: Saudis to back Sunni Insurgents if USA pulls out of Iraq

@picoico

Nor are they willing to let America go all willy-nilly with the nukes. And that would be the real point, not that they have any interest in protecting Afghanistan.

Nukes are reserved for specific scenarios,

But both Russia and China want stronger relations with USA than protect Afghanistan. Just look at the Vietnam War, both Russia and China abandonded North Vietnam in the Paris Peace Talks and forced it to seek a comprimise with USA and South Vietnam

@picoico

In terms of body count, they haven't been so far. Go figure.

Well Russian troops have managed to kill 250,000 Chechens and China's death toll is reaching 10,000 in Western China.

My point is that USA has a lot of faults but when you compare it to the Roman, Mongol or British Empires, it has been restraint than compared to others. If China and Russia do rise up to become superpowers and they have to deal with Islamic Terrorism like USA does, they will be extremely brutal about it.

@picoico

Anyway, what do you think would happen if China dropped a single nuke on Taiwan? Not going to happen. For the same reason Russia didn't nuke Pakistan.

Well the safety of Taiwan is protected by the most powerful Naval Force on the planet, the U.S. 7th Fleet based in Yokohama, Japan

While Russia has no desire to wage war with Pakistan. That Analogy doesnt make any sense

@picoico

Playing the nuclear gambit shifts the balance of power in drastic ways...expect a drastic response...

Not if it means the destruction of one own's country.