Something to keep in mind now that the wheels are in motion in the direction of a scenario resembling the brink of WWI, as Henry Kissinger has warned. I am no fan of Kissinger's version of realpolitik, but he is a good analyst.
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, visited the city of Sarajevo and were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a 20-year-old Yugoslav nationalist. The assassinations triggered World War 1, which broke out a month later when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. A series of alliances resulted in a rapid expansion of hostilities as Russia honored its treaty obligation with Serbia and declared war. Germany entered the war on the side of Austria-Hungary, and France and Great Britain soon joined the conflict as allies of Russia and Serbia.
There is now a real potential for this to happen again as the US tests Russian and Chinese redlines. This is especially the case in Ukraine, where neo-Nazi nationalists have outsized influence and constitute a wild-card. But Taiwan is heating up too.
Incidentally, the Treaty of Versailles was so onerous for Germany that it lead directly to the rise of Adolf Hitter and WWII.
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Or maybe it won't be the result of a wild-card.
I already explained what the US plan for the Ukraine is: to encourage the Ukronazis to attack Russia while not involving the USA in a shooting war with Russia.
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The US warplans for the Ukraine (OPEN THREAD # 12)The Saker
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Following WW3, MNE will be maintained from Tom Hickey's Bunker.
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