Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28703153-20160728214701

First of all, where are the nuclear bombs? Are we going to credit its non-use to Mutually Assured Destruction? We all know how that almost turned out.

Secondly, China has the largest standing military in the world.

Third, India would most definitely be neutral. It's involvement as a US ally is a common misconception. Simply because India is democratic does not mean it is oblivious to Western evils and to the temptation of the SCO; in fact, India was a major ally of both the USSR and the Chinese Communist Party. While they may be democratic, corruption runs rampant. While they may be relatively technologically advanced, they are trying to "access the technological revolution without going through the industrial revolution," as Rob Gifford, NPR Correspondent for China reported in his book China Road.

These are just a few points I wish to make, other than the SCO is not an Asian NATO. This war would be evenly matched, and there would be no real outcome. Just a bunch of death. 