I wonder who's side China would come down on though? That's the unknown factor here. It's no secret China would love to topple the US as the global superpower.

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Reply 8

CryptoidAlien

Putin doesn't want war, he is a great white bear who kicks out the immigrants, good for him, Russia should be Caucasian.

Reply 9

kkboyk

Original post by Drewski

So? We have other fuels.

If he starts a shooting war, he loses. Simple as that. And he knows that, which is why it's never going to happen.

Other energy sources aren't secure and other type of fuels aren't efficient enough to meet the demand of many countries, since we consume a lot and are extremely eligible on energy.

A LOT of European countries still rely on Russia, since there are no better alternative.

Reply 10

yo radical one

Original post by perfectsymbology

I wonder who's side China would come down on though? That's the unknown factor here. It's no secret China would love to topple the US as the global superpower.

The Chinese are more interested in money and trade, they would probably tell Putin to pipe down and not harm potential exports to the West

Reply 11

Rakas21

Original post by perfectsymbology

Could the missile strike on flight MH17 been a deliberate action to invoke a war?

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/26/opinion/francona-russian-artillery-ukraine-future/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

No. The air and naval advantage that western Europe has is overwhelming.

As per your gas point, Europe has plenty of coal which can be pushed through parliament and built in under a year.

As per your China point, they don't need war to become a superpower (neither does India).

The European flag would be over Moscow on 6 months excluding nukes.

Reply 12

kkboyk

Original post by yo radical one

The Chinese are more interested in money and trade, they would probably tell Putin to pipe down and not harm potential exports to the West

Or maybe they won't do nothing at all and just watch.

Reply 13

Aj12

Original post by perfectsymbology

I wonder who's side China would come down on though? That's the unknown factor here. It's no secret China would love to topple the US as the global superpower.

No one's. People seem to have this fantasy of an anti US alliance made up of China, Russia and whoever else gets tacked on. China has very different interests to Russia, in many cases they are actually rivals.