Actually, China started the decoupling from Russia. But in the long run, it will THEM who will reap what they sown.
Any NATO Russia conflict is going to bring large scale instability to the West. Most people don’t want to live in the specter of WW3.
You must not have been keeping up with the news about the mounting debts in China. Supposedly several cities went bankrupt.Lets see, The US drowns in debt while china keeps growing.
Its nonsense like this that will end up leading this conflict into a protracted quagmire that will envelop all of Europe.
Didn’t the mayor say he’s encircled? They’re literally tripped in there. If Russia starts using thermobaric rockets the casualties will be so high.
The problem with this is that NATO has conventional overmatch on Russia, so Russia will have to escalate to tactical nuclear weapons to even the difference, then NATO escalates, etc. and you see where this goes. This is greatly compounded by the fact that Russia has nowhere left to retreat to; its back is literally against the wall. This isn't the Cold War where they could squabble in Germany, NATO today is on Russia's border and threatening to expand further.
Sadly there has been rising xenophobia in Europe due to the migration crisis in the last 14 years. Part of me understands the need for border control, but not when there is all out war on your border and the people requesting safe harbor are genuine intl students.
