As to not be rude or dismissive: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is generally credited with the start of World War I. The implication being that a world war has been started over a seemingly small event that had tumultuous consequences thereafter. The further implication being that we may already be past a Franz Ferdinand assassination type event and may be worryingly headlong into a path to large scale warfare once again.

[–] dumdum666@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So you are saying Iran has signed contracts with other nations that would oblige those nations to go to war with countries Iran is at war with?

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

Because the world is interconnected a lot more than it has ever been before. A single shooting in a very minor nation went from a terrorist attack to a full world war. The world is in a very precipitous state ATM. Many countries are looking for opportunities to take advantage of any weaknesses in world order to subjugate their neighbours. Now is not a good time to go gun totting frivolously.

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Attacking Iran would piss of Russia

[–] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 1 year ago

Not as much as supplying Ukraine does

[–] init@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

If we are being honest, Russia would probably appreciate some of the heat getting moved from Ukraine to the Middle East.