Originally Posted by
HIFLYR
Nope been HIFLYR since 2007. You seem to totally discount any role the talks about allowing Ukraine to join NATO had a role in starting this conflict. There is ample evidence that it did in fact play a role. Like some others have said it would be like letting Mexico join a China alliance and then China building bases in Mexico. Before you start I am not Russian, nor a sympathizer.
i do not assume so. I will always have civil discourse with anyone else that remains civil. Cargo has lied his way through this thread AND initiated rude behavior. That is why he has garnered my ire.
to your point, I respectfully disagree. If mexico decided to join a chinese alliance would we invade it? Would we claim a ground threat to the US? I dont believe so.
the basic tenant of the modern world is that if you have nuclear weapons (in enough capacity like the us,ru, china). Your walls are essentially unassailable. That is just pure MAD doctrine. Now moving the ball forward it comes down to geopolitics.
so in essence, if mexico willingly joined a Chinese alliance, i have a very difficult time believing that the US would launch a preemptive invasion.