Deus - I don't have the forces to attack through Afghanistan unfortunately, but it would be a nice route to take. My IC is adequate but not huge. Congrats on your 1000 the post
alan_le_cowboy - Thank you. I can add the puppets in to the next monthly update.
budseligsucks - No land war is a good thing. It saves manpower if nothing else. There is still the Bear to watch over, but I am thinking the capture of India has thrown the AI into dormancy.
Irenicus - It is nice to not have to worry about resources for once. The Pacific is probably going to become a dangerous place to be soon.
Murmurandus - Thanks. This one is not totally secret, just partially
I Killed Kenny - Denial of bases is a strategy I like to use. I could DoW the Soviets but with the current resource position I would find it almost impossible to justify. Judging by other posts a Pacific War is a more attractive option as well. There will come a time when I can justify a DoW on the Soviets but not just yet, although I would not mind doing it myself.
germanpeon - The research finishes right at the end of August and should help a little.
Maj. von Mauser - Thank you
Electric Sheep - Banzai would probably try it if ordered to do so.
ColossusCrusher - Congrats on your 1000th post
harezmi - Over extension is always a problem, which is why I stopped at Karachi. I could probably have advanced through Persia and Iraq easily enough if I had wanted to but it does just mean more to guard.
Sokraates - alan_le_cowboy is correct. The DoW is scripted and relations have zero effect.
Thurak, Sokraates - I am finding myself in a position close to that of Germany in 1941. Attack now or wait until they grow even stronger. I don't think another 100 divisions for the Soviets will make much difference at this point. I will wait and see if they DoW me for a while longer but I won't wait forever. A major land war with the Soviets is a much better option than trying to reach and invade he USA.
BlkbrryTheGreat - Slapping the Australians around is usually fun and would be possible.
robou - I can operate in the Pacific regardless of what the Soviets do but the extent of any campaign relies on airforce, and that can only support one theater for the time being.
zdlugasz - An accurate run down on the situation
I would only add that winter in Siberia means its summer in the southern hemisphere.
Nathan Madien - I could always invade them, annex them and let the Allies take it back. It would take several years for a new Australia to catch up to the current force size.
I am tempted to attack the Soviets as I have no choice but to do so at some point. Doing it during winter may even be better for me as it slows down any possible advance they could make. This would allow my aircraft almost 6 months to reduce their force size before campaigning begins in earnest.
The Allies would probably force me backwards in the Pacific if I attack the Soviets now and it would make more sense to try and neutralise the Pacific first. I cannot make the Pacific completely safe but I could hopefully do enough damage for it to take two years for the USN to recover. That gives me two years to defeat the Soviets beginning sometime in 1946 probably. That sort of timetable is not too stressful and the Soviets are merely a land based force and therefore absolutely no global threat. Even if I lose to them on the ground they can't hurt Japan anywhere near as badly as the Allies can.
You can have 4000 divisions but if they can't reach the enemy they are of no use. Besides I am thinking on the possibilites of totally defeating the Red Army which means I might have to start with an invasion of Tirana
Edit: The supply problems mentioned in the following update are due to the convoy system failing to transfer oil to Asia. Japan is usually plagued by this type of thing at some point and it is not totally unexpected. I have tried every way possible to fix the problem in game but it will require a reload to solve the problem. I will hold off on that reload as any such thing hurts the AI more than me. There will come a time when oil in Asia is crucial enough that I have no choice, but for now I will let the AI carry on with whatever its plans are without interuption.
Update to follow ...