• @Gradually_Adjusting
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    204 hours ago

    Reminder that World War 2 had a gradual unfolding of declarations of war across several months or longer, depending on how you want to fuck that pig. I think we’re already in the onset of WWIII, in some sense.

    • r00ty
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      103 hours ago

      The thing is, if NATO is worth anything at all. Hitting a NATO country would bring a lot of declarations in a very short order. It would get very WW3, very quickly.

      • ThePowerOfGeek
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        33 hours ago

        That’s assuming Europe wasn’t economically stretched already, and America didn’t have an incoming president who wasn’t more interested in fellating Putin.

        • @[email protected]
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          241 minutes ago

          and America didn’t have an incoming president who wasn’t more interested in fellating Putin.

          That is a bit of a wildcard, isn’t it.

        • r00ty
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          52 hours ago

          Even if there’s financial concerns in Europe. We DO have reasonably strong airforces, modern weaponry and several nuclear enabled countries. I think it would be a big risk to take in their current position.

          My main concern is Trump tries to coerce Europe to leave Ukraine to fight alone. It all depends on how much in Putin’s pocket he is.

          • ThePowerOfGeek
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            61 hour ago

            He’s so far in Putin’s pocket that he’s snuggling up to his nutsack.

    • @IchNichtenLichten
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      11 hour ago

      I’m not sure we’re on a path to WWIII if it’s Russia vs everyone else. If China decides to get involved then maybe but I don’t see any evidence they’re willing to throw in with Putin, same with Iran.

      • @PriorityMotif
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        026 minutes ago

        There’s a 100% chance that Trump will send troops to Iran in the next year.

        • @IchNichtenLichten
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          124 minutes ago

          No there’s not. Where are you getting this absolute certainty from?

          • @PriorityMotif
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            118 minutes ago

            Trump’s relationship with Netanyahu and the relationship between Israel and Iran.

            • @IchNichtenLichten
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              114 minutes ago

              That doesn’t necessarily equate to there being a 100% certainty of boots on the ground in Iran though, does it?

    • @Mrkawfee
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      That’s terrifying because WW3 risks the use of nuclear weapons and every model of nuclear exchange that has been run always escalates to mutual assured destruction with billions dead and the end of civilization.

      I just finished listening to the audiobook of Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen. Highly recommend it.

      • @Sterile_Technique
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        139 minutes ago

        Civilization’s kinda shit anyway. We had a good run.

      • @Gradually_Adjusting
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        83 hours ago

        The real slippery slopes are graded much less steeply than you’d expect