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Please don't. I am not American but the standoff to guy had with Russia about missiles in Cuba very nearly ended the world. It would be worse today.
Comment by SpicyButterBoy at 02/02/2025 at 09:02 UTC
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IMO China will not launch nukes. They are full steam ahead in economic oligarchy. They do not want to shake the status quo. Russia is an agent of chaos, China is authoritarian to a fault. Any actions that disrupt the global economy are not in line with their long term goals. They want to dominate via soft power while using hard power as a deterrent
Comment by acceptablerose99 at 02/02/2025 at 03:33 UTC
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The point is to make a credible threat - not necessarily follow through with it. That being said China has been a much more consistent and reliable trade partner than the US for decades now because our politics has been broken going back to Bush II.