Yes, I accept your point but China and Russia have their own issues with each other and third parties. It's not a simple matter of standing up to America. These countries will challenge America only when their core national interests are impacted, as will anybody else. Nobody's going to be a hero and stare down the reigning hyperpower for someone else's benefit.
The last thing China or Russia wants is to ratchet up the tension with the US. Despite fanboi analyses, the US is still immeasurably strong and wields enormous influence around the world. Not to mention that there will be all sorts of opportunists who will ride America's coat-tails just to settle scores with China or Russia.
Yes, I was thinking that might be Pakistan's 'samson option'. If we make it crystal clear that, in the event of a NATO attack on Pakistan, we will guarantee a nuclear hit on Tel Aviv, it might give pause to the attackers. It will deepen the alliance between India and Israel, but they are already thick as thieves anyway.
Looking at the markets right now and recent economic data, the US g-ov-ern-ment is heading for col-lapse within the decade.
Let me just tell you this: US bonds are selling at all time highs. There are no overseas buyers. Americans are unwilling to buy bonds, because they prefer holding on to cash. Yet interest rates are at an all time low, which implies numerous buyers.
Does this picture of: highest prices ever, no buyers, yet extremely low interest rates, look wrong to you? The only possibility is the US g-ov-ern-ment printing money.
Does the price of gold skyrocketing, coinciding with the India-Iran oil for gold trade and China's new precious metals commodities market, look like something to you?
Does China playing both the long and short silver markets, essentially trading worthless USD for physical silver, along with China's currency swaps with 20+ countries, look like something to you?
Does the US's long recession, structural unemployment, structural deficeit and outright fraud in the bond markets look like something to you?
Does a 45% of GDP as wages, but 70% of GDP as consumption look wrong to you?
Does an extremely inefficient urban layout with 160 million Americans driving an average of 1 hour per day, 200 days a year, just to get to and from work, seem wrong to you?
What happens in this situation? Hyperinflation. When the grocery store shelves are empty, you know it is the end.