Funny that you mention that.<p>A lot of economist and policy makers in asia when america decided to invade Afghanistan and Iraq pointed out this would eventually happen. It would be destabilizing to the Asian&#x2F;Eurasian continent.<p>A stable Asia is terrible news for american hegemony. Central Asia is the most mineral rich place on the world, and it has been known for quite a while.<p>By current projections - 38% of humans will be from africa and 44% from asia in 2100.<p>I will be dead by then - but its terrible news if you believe in american exceptionalism.