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America bombing the middle east isn't gonna start ww3?
United States, not America.
You'll have to convince at minimum ~300 million people of that... probably more like a billion
Only me?
I am quite honestly confused about what that the content of that link is supposed to pertain to at all
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Fair enough. I just think that the country with military bases in almost every country, that's been at war for all but ~20 years of its entire history, is actively aiding in a genocide, while also attacking targets in the middle east, is gonna be the country to start ww3. Call me crazy I guess.
Who would they be fighting in that hypothetical war? Iran? It's not really a world war if no great power is involved.
I dunno, I've heard people argue that we're already in WW3, and that Putin started it years ago. I guess it all depends on what the history books of the future consider the smallest dominoes. Time will tell.
It's still a proxy war for now (even if only one side is using a proxy), I wouldn't call that a world war
So where Vietnam and Afghanistan. Both great powers got their teeth kicked in and withdrew because the wars where no longer politically expedient.
I imagine this is a bit more existential for Putin, but it is also more costly by an order of magnitude.
Yes, but neither were a world war, which was my point
I read it as you where implying it could escalate to worldwar and I tried to add 2 examples where this did not happen in previous occasions. Was not trying to start a fight :)
Could lead to escalations, which would in hindsight be a clear path to world war. Interesting discussion to be had for sure.
Certainly possible, but in that case the US's activities in the middle east couldn't really be blamed
How so?
Because they did not cause the Ukraine war?
Oh sorry, I thought you meant you can't blame them for their actions, not the world war thing. I gotchu now.
America and it's proxies bombing and committing genocide doesn't count.
Whatabout, Whatabout, Whatabout. Two wrongs don't make a right, genocide and bombing civilians is bad no matter who does it.