Russia and Ukraine

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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.

A war between Russia and NATO would be over before Australia could join the fray. Not that that matters - European NATO could defeat Russia handily without the US. let alone the other non-European partners.

No one is going to use nukes. I wish people would stop saying that like it's a thing.

European countries have a long and storied history of hating each other's guts. Yet only three of the countless wars that started there have spread far enough beyond Europe to be considered 'world' wars. I'm not fretting this one.

Boru