[kaba0]

Why would we be in WW3, when a former superpower that is merely a vestige of its past slowly grinds up their (unfortunately) expandable populace by attacking another sovereign country, which the West supports through monetary/strategic ways only?

A world war would require some kind of equal threat, but that’s just orders of magnitude not the case with Russia vs NATO, and China has no reason to go against NATO for Russia either. Sure, we have nukes now so we still are standing in a bucket of gasoline with a lighted match, but suicide is not in the interest of Russia either - hopefully someone would coup before that.

[thc-27182]

NATO (& allied free democracies), Russia, & CCP don't have to be directly shooting at one another to have the most of the World be at War.

A lot is wrapped up in "regional" conflicts that mask how much economic powers are influencing and fighting each other through proxies (to secure resources).