Comments by "John Walsh" (@johnwalsh4857) on "Major Russian breakthrough at POPASNA" video.

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  6. post war with a view that the war ends sometime before summer or summer next year. Russia will have suffered 100K dead. several hundred thousands more injured. several thousand destroyed AFVs and several hundred shot destroyed aircraft. Interestingly post war, it will be interesting if NATO still exists without a Russian threat. Russia will not be viewed as a threat anymore post war , in the same way pre war. I think a threat in terms of millions of Russian refugees flooding into Europe. the state of its nuclear stockpile. and fears of Chinese control of Russia and some resurgence fears from Russia. This might be NATO's last hurrah before it gets disbanded without a Russian threat. The major threat will shift to China. But it would be so distant from Europe that it wont really be seen as a threat but an annoyance, but the USA , will see China as the reallyi the next main threat. For China the fall of Putins Russia will be seen more as a huge opportunity to control the Russian far east and Siberia, Central Asia for its resources, also North Korea will fully be under Chinese control without a Putin Russia which the NKs can play off against China, the DPRK will fullly fully be dependent on China, I think the Chinese will engineer the gradual phasing out of the Kim family control and shift North Korea to the Chinese economic and political model. The Chinese will support the creation of various independent former Russian republics from the Russian Far Easte Sibveria central asia and the Caucasus and bring them under Beijings political and economic control. and really get exploited for their resources. eseentially becoming pro Chinese puppet states. The fallout from this unrest will be millions of Russian refugees streaming into Europe.
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