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Originally Posted by Catfish
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So true .. but they are backed by China, and even Russia, or at least they are used by the latter as long as they are against 'the west'.
Wars thoroughly destroy trade (unless you are the US, in WW1), and with the globalization i wonder if a major power could afford to wage war against another big one. "Asymmetrical warfare", yes. |
That is what I wonder too, whether Mutually Assured Destruction by nuclear weapons has been replaced by MAD by trade.