I was thinking more along the lines of a "preemptive strike" or a sudden ratcheting up (2 or 3 notches, at least) of what's going on with China & Russia/Ukraine. A "put up or shut up scenario" - like having a second nuclear device available in August '45: you've got this stuff, so why don't you use it? "Well, if you insist ..." I suppose…
I was thinking more along the lines of a "preemptive strike" or a sudden ratcheting up (2 or 3 notches, at least) of what's going on with China & Russia/Ukraine. A "put up or shut up scenario" - like having a second nuclear device available in August '45: you've got this stuff, so why don't you use it?
"Well, if you insist ..."
I suppose we need to throw Iran into the mix now for what's happening in Syria this weekend.
I was thinking more along the lines of a "preemptive strike" or a sudden ratcheting up (2 or 3 notches, at least) of what's going on with China & Russia/Ukraine. A "put up or shut up scenario" - like having a second nuclear device available in August '45: you've got this stuff, so why don't you use it?
"Well, if you insist ..."
I suppose we need to throw Iran into the mix now for what's happening in Syria this weekend.
Heh. We may get that “put up or shut up scenario” being played out in real life any day now.:
GLOBAL CRISIS: NATO’s Plan to Deploy 300,000 Troops on Russia/Poland Border
https://attackthesystem.com/2023/03/25/global-crisis-natos-plan-to-deploy-300000-troops-on-russia-poland-border/
And i would say that Iran has been in the mix since 1979. Remember the old War Ditty?
"Everybody wants to go to Baghdad; Real Men want to go to Tehran."