If so, we haven't hit the equivalent of Sept 1 1939 yet. That's when WW2 is generally considered to have started, but residents of Manchuria, Austria and the Sudetenland probably consider it to have started earlier.
replyIt's only considered to have started then because that's when France and Britain declared war on Germany, and that's who wrote the history books.
replySep 1 1939 is when it escalated from a small number of 2-party wars to a massive multi-party war. It's not the day the war started, it's the day it became a "World War".
replyChina supplying weapons to Iran and Russia. North Korea sending troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine, and along with Russia, conducting hybrid warfare across Europe and the United States. The US sending weapons to Ukraine and other EU allies. SOF from MANY countries operating in conflict zones and deep inside China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran.
replyThe only thing that hasn't really happened is a full economic mobilization. And Russia... may be close to that.
Putin started before that in 2008 when he invaded Georgia and no one said anything.
replyI’m not sure it’s a world war but Pax Americana definitely died then.
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