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Originally posted by Undertaker
It really pisses me of that Russia and China are still in the UN. They don't deserve any right to be on it. Russia is still trapped in their Soviet time and China is not even close to a democracy. They both are helping out countries that are a threat to many. Too bad the UN can't see that.
To me, pretty sick that you seem so excited about your scenario. You even have a "favorite part". All I can guess is that you must be pretty juvenile (like in junior high school or something) not to have a clue what your 'favorite part' would actually be like for your fellow humans.
I am in complete agreement with you here, especially about Russia.
I wouldn't be so to quick to herald in a great era of Russian / USA friendship either. Putin is playing a crafty game and has gone on record several times recently being highly critical of US policy. If the cold war were truly over they wouldn't be ploughing so much into combat ready nukes and a fully combat-ready/hardened army. Russia will always play its own game.
Things are changing very fast, the small window of America being the single superpower is closing quick. America needs to upgrade its worldview fast or be overtaken by events. This is starting to show in the NK scenario lately where reality 'bit' and presented a different face to that held by the Washington politicos who seem still (almost a week later) to be out of step and playing catch-up.
As for Israel being an ally, they bring along just as much an issue of 'liability' as anything else and Israel and Arabs fighting on the same side is pretty far out.
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
For me, the axis alliance would be Iran, N.K., Syria, Lebanon, and possibly China.
The Allies would consist of the U.S., Germany, The U.K., Russia, Iraq(if stable enough to have a standing army), and Saudi Arabia.
History has shown us that under a common threat, people unite, even former enemies. All we need are the right conditions. North Korea poses a real threat to all nations of the world, a Rogue State that recently aquired nuclear armaments. That's a real threat to all sovereins in the world, no matter who you are, or what allies or enemies you have.
Now what course of actions will be taken is up to the nations and what will come of N. Korea's new toys and how they will be used is totally up to Kim. For me, I see a new lever under that big boulder that is politics.
Shattered OUT...
Originally posted by Undertaker
It really pisses me of that Russia and China are still in the UN. They don't deserve any right to be on it. Russia is still trapped in their Soviet time and China is not even close to a democracy. They both are helping out countries that are a threat to many. Too bad the UN can't see that.