I updated the "WW3 subforum" description today.
Yes, there are no mushroom clouds, but since when does Hollywood get to decide what "World War 3" is? Who died and left them boss?
There is a nonzero chance that nukes aren't real anyhow. And you know what? If we haven't seen a mushroom cloud (i.e., a nuke set off) in the next year or two, I'm going to move from "I don't know, keeping an open mind" to "firmly convinced" that nukes don't exist.
But even if they exist, it doesn't take a nuclear exchange to christen or cut the ribbon on WW3. It's been building for the last few years, with a WW2-like war going on in Ukraine and Russia since 2022. But even then, we had other sides getting involved, and a lot of covert stuff going on behind the scenes. A lot of proxy activity by the large powers.
Have you HEARD the drumbeat of war in Europe, calling for open war with Russia? That was already insane. But just listen to any politician in any Western country. I can't even list them all here. But one theme is obvious: War is here.
The theatre of war changes from month to month, but it's the same war. Today Venezuela, tomorrow Syria, the next day Iran. But I'm seeing a big picture here, and I'm sure many of you can too.
The World is at war, once again. And didn't Albert Pike predict the Third World War would be the West and Islam duking it out, causing mutual exhaustion?
And don't forget the ECONOMIC dimension to this war. Which does more damage? Blowing up a small city, taking out a few aircraft, etc. or collapsing a modern nation's economy? I'd say the latter. And the American economy -- which props up the whole world, mind you -- is QUITE precarious and fragile to begin with...
Kyrie Eleison.