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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
Misunderstandings and bad luck have started wars in the past. There was that incident where Gorbachov's generals were misinterpreting their own radar problems as a preemptive launch of missiles by the US. They advised Gorby to launch their Russian missiles for revenge and a 3rd world war. Fortunately, Gorby kept a cool head and a 3rd world war was averted. But, historically, that was a close call !
........Today, we are on a knife's edge.....again.....depending on some KGB strongman to not lose his mind.
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It does feel the world is ramping up. I guess the question is, just how crazy is Putin, and will one of his own decide to take him out before he does something really stupid.
And the old saying goes, "I don't know how WWIII will be fought, but WW IV will be fought with stick and stones."