(June 27, 2024 at 12:56 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(June 27, 2024 at 12:24 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Nah. Russian bluster is just that: bluster. Putin wants his legacy to be the conquest of Ukraine, not the destruction of civilization.
And even if the war does expand, it’ll be a European war, not a world war. Why? Because it won’t go on long enough. It’s taken Putin ten years to achieve a stalemate in Ukraine. How long does anyone think he’d last against the combined might of NATO?
Boru
The "combined might of NATO" is what makes it a world war. Australia is a NATO partner, remember?
And that "might" is basically nukes and then game over.
I think we should all fear this escalation.