Looking for another reason to worry about China? But France and Russia were starting to catch up fast as they overcame various technical and institutional obstacles so, the Kaiser said when the crisis came in summer 1914, “It’s now or never” and triggered World War I. The Kaiser said … ‘It’s now or never’ and triggered World War IBrezhnev’s Soviet Union presented similar concerns. The Soviet technician who refused to press the button was of course punished for disobeying orders to end the world. Their environment is hideously befouled (like the Soviet); their economy a house of cards; their crowded cities unsafe including medically.

Source: National Post February 05, 2020 16:52 UTC