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I think there's a compelling case to be made that WW3 started in 2014 when Putin invaded Crimea.
by UncleOxidant 3mo ago
I think there's a compelling case to be made that WW3 started in 2014 when Putin invaded Crimea.
- bryanlarsen 3mo agoIf so, we haven't hit the equivalent of Sept 1 1939 yet. That's when WW2 is generally considered to have started, but residents of Manchuria, Austria and the Sudetenland probably consider it to have started earlier.
- soperj 3mo agoIt's only considered to have started then because that's when France and Britain declared war on Germany, and that's who wrote the history books.
- bryanlarsen 3mo agoSep 1 1939 is when it escalated from a small number of 2-party wars to a massive multi-party war. It's not the day the war started, it's the day it became a "World War".
- esseph 3mo agoChina supplying weapons to Iran and Russia. North Korea sending troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine, and along with Russia, conducting hybrid warfare across Europe and the United States. The US sending weapons to Ukraine and other EU allies. SOF from MANY countries operating in conflict zones and deep inside China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran. The only thing that hasn't really happened is a full economic mobilization. And Russia... may be close to that.
- soperj 3mo agoPutin started before that in 2008 when he invaded Georgia and no one said anything.
- lovich 3mo agoI’m not sure it’s a world war but Pax Americana definitely died then.