By my figuring, the planet's been in WW III since Putin's Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukraine called for -- and got -- international help.
It was a small and proxy war; the West was prepared to fight to the last Ukrainian, the last Russian or peace, whichever came first. Awful, cynical, heartbreaking -- but not atypical.
Now that the U.S. has put assistance to Ukraine on hold, Europe is moving to a war footing. Welcome to 1937!
Being the world's policeman is a thankless and not-inexpensive task. The only thing it beats are all of the alternatives. As we may soon discover.
Update
2 months ago
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1937's Americans were saying "We don't want our kids to die fighting in France!" Come June 6, 1944 and Americans were dying to just get a small foothold in France.
Hopefully we're not having to do spend a lot of blood and treasure just to get back to what Trump is so willing to give away today.
And not just in Europe, either. It's very possible that he puts us in the place where we also have to re-do the Pacific Theater against the Chinese.
Yeah. When will the Russian tanks roll across the rest of Ukraine? Into Poland? Orban likes Putin, so the keys to Hungary will just be handed over.
Perhaps the current US regime is blind to Putin's threat because the regime is a bunch of bullies, as is Putin (remember the old saw that the easiest mark for a salesperson is another salesperson). Of course, Putin is at a whole different level of bully.
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