[dragonwriter]

> This is not a world war. The fighting is specific to a single area.

That was true of WWII, until it wasn't.

[kingofpandora]

And it's not true of this war until it is.

[gerikson]

Germany invaded Poland on 29 Aug 1939, and France and Great Britain declared war on Germany on 3 Sep 1939.

If a major power declares war on Russia on Monday, we're in World War III.