Re: Is WWIII A Possibility?
Reply #12 –
Prior to WW1, all of Europe was a militaristic powder keg just waiting for something-- like the assassination of an archduke-- to set it off. Once that happened, treaties set in place beforehand all but guaranteed WW1 would happen.
I don't know if we have quite the same thing in place today or not. Do we have treaties between nations that say, for example, that if Ukraine is invaded by Russia that NATO will come to the aid of Ukraine? That could be a touchpoint to get WW3 going. Right now, it doesn't sound like we do, much of Europe appears to want to stay out of the affairs of Russia and the former Soviet states and they seem to hope the US will stay out of it too. If that happens, there will be a local war between Russia and Ukraine, but that's about it. Maybe there won't even be a war as the weaker side realizes they don't have the force needed to have a hope of winning.