> The main actors threatening (and delivering) a hot war are China

China is actually the adult in the room and your are a victim of propaganda.

Since 1979, 45 years ago, China has not dropped a single bomb on foreign land. That’s two generations peace.

In that timeframe, USA has attacked 37 countries, France 22, Britain 10, and Italy has attacked 6.

What determines if a country is a threat? Simple test - would they arrest Eipstein and execute him?

More politically correct phrasing - “do they respect American economic elites.” ?

If the answer is no, the country is ‘a threat to the west’

You don’t believe me? Name 2 countries that don’t fit this model.

And if you disagree with the way they run their country, and that makes them a threat. Then it seems you a problem with the concept of an independent country.