A place, by the way, two weeks ago most Americans have never even heard of.
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And couldn’t find on a map if they had to.
There are already a lot of moving parts in this conflict, which exponentially increases the likelihood of a mistake, an error of judgement, or even a programming error to lead to the unthinkable. This conflict has already become, in effect, a complex system, and complex systems are prone to having little things trigger catastrophic events. Many books have been written on this subject so your point is well taken.
Lighting off WWIII over Ukraine is insane.
For all intents and purposes we no longer have a southern border.
That’s what’s keeping me awake at night.
I live in NJ. Two days ago I got a notice that my property taxes are going up to pay for all the Third World garbage that’s being bought in here.