@ Teran- That may be the way that geopolitics works now, but that's not the way that it has to work. A more humanitarian geopolitical world is entirely possible (and I don't just mean the West has to change; China and Russia do some really f'd up things too), but it takes people everywhere to make the choice that lives are worth more than oil or gold or any other resource people are killed for.
Basically, you don't have to play Risk. You could play Sorry.
Basically, you don't have to play Risk. You could play Sorry.