Let's see now: WWII started when Imperial Japan helped itself to Manchuria in 1931; at the latest, it started when the Japanese Empire invaded China in 1937, 1939 be damned. WWIII may well be underway as I type.Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
What if We're Already Fighting the Third World War with Russia? — Putin's latest provocations once again put Washington in an awful bind. — Nuclear blackmail, illegal annexation of territory, hundreds of thousands of Russian men rounded up and sent to the front lines in Ukraine …Erin Snodgrass / Insider: Putin's nuclear threats are meant to ‘manipulate’ global uncertainty and sow confusion — and it's working, expert saysSteven Nelson / New York Post: Biden ducks question on Nord Stream leaks, slams ‘sham’ Putin annexationStavros Atlamazoglou / 19FortyFive: Putin Won't Like This: More HIMARS Is Head to Ukraine to Fight Russia
Keith Gessen / New Yorker:
How the War in Ukraine Might End — In recent years, a small group of scholars has focussed on war-termination theory. They see reason to fear the possible outcomes in Ukraine. — Hein Goemans grew up in Amsterdam in the nineteen-sixties and seventies, surrounded by stories and memories of the Second World War.
Now that I just heard that Ukraine wants accelerated admission to NATO, and if we (NATO) agree, then we could actually see and participate in an actual full blown war. I'm not sure that it can be avoided. Seems like Poo-tin is willing to blow up the world if he doesn't get his way...
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