I’m of two minds here. On the one hand, the US is so weak it couldn’t defeat Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the world. On the other hand, it will certainly continue supporting Al Qaeda/ISIS spinoffs for as long as they’re at all effective, as shown most recently in Syria.
What that means for China and the Global South isn’t obvious, but Pakistan’s military victory over India gives us some hope if not insight. China’s military tech outclasses the West’s. If it comes to a fight, the West will lose. Nukes are all the West has left up its sleeve.
I’m of two minds here. On the one hand, the US is so weak it couldn’t defeat Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the world. On the other hand, it will certainly continue supporting Al Qaeda/ISIS spinoffs for as long as they’re at all effective, as shown most recently in Syria.
What that means for China and the Global South isn’t obvious, but Pakistan’s military victory over India gives us some hope if not insight. China’s military tech outclasses the West’s. If it comes to a fight, the West will lose. Nukes are all the West has left up its sleeve.