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Oh man, we can’t take Khrushchev as an example for the Soviet Union, he was a simple minded drunk who I believe genuinely wanted to be friends...

The way things are going, China is more likely to use those nukes on itself. Chinese civil wars are probably the most brutal fighting you can get.

Important factor, too, the generation after Stalin fought WWII. Khrushchev was at Stalingrad. It's easy to fantasize about how awesome a world war...

counterpoint: the USSR was a serious and expansionist ideological rival, China just wants to be China and be left alone to be China. This is a...