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by lumost 76 days ago
Look, if you continue down that road to GCC countries engaging Iran, then you have a multiparty nuclear armed conflict with combatants stretching from Europe to the Chinese border.

At that point it really does sound like ww3 started from the same causes as ww1 - nobody will win, nobody will know why they are fighting, and most of the fighting will be drones being slung over trenches.
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jacquesm 76 days ago
> At that point it really does sound like ww3 started from the same causes as ww1 - nobody will win, nobody will no why they are fighting, and most of the fighting will be drones being slung over trenches.

Name me one war of aggression that ended up being a long term win for the aggressor.

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km3r 76 days ago
Us revolutionary war. China taking Tibet. US Mexican war.
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alephnerd 76 days ago
> At that point it really does sound like ww3 started from the same causes as ww1

My stance on this is the same as Fiona Hill's [0] and Zelensky's [1].

I'd argue the date this began was 24th February 2022 [2]

[0] - https://xcancel.com/FrankRGardner/status/2027098560647348410

[1] - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj9p15y87o

[2] - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60503037

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