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**Rffkwfct** · 09-03-2010, 03:26 AM

I am not optimistic. IMO, Europe doesn't have the spine to fight another, major war.

That said, as far as conventional threats go, I'd still put Russia down as a threat. Especially given their recent actions and rhetoric. Then there is, of course, China.

China will swoop across the Middle East to attack the EU? And as for Russia, it would not attack Europe, even on practical grounds, while its got China and Japan, two quite powerful nations in their own right, kissing its Eastern borders. Not to mention other countries Russia borders. Russia's got a lot of borders to cover, not to mention its own internal issues, to worry about going to war with Europe just to... well, I don't know... just to make it in the news?

09-03-2010, 03:26 AM	#24
Rffkwfct Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	I am not optimistic. IMO, Europe doesn't have the spine to fight another, major war. That said, as far as conventional threats go, I'd still put Russia down as a threat. Especially given their recent actions and rhetoric. Then there is, of course, China. China will swoop across the Middle East to attack the EU? And as for Russia, it would not attack Europe, even on practical grounds, while its got China and Japan, two quite powerful nations in their own right, kissing its Eastern borders. Not to mention other countries Russia borders. Russia's got a lot of borders to cover, not to mention its own internal issues, to worry about going to war with Europe just to... well, I don't know... just to make it in the news?
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