I'm inclined to agree. Their thinking is that at this point they NEED WW3, its the only thing left to distract from Trump.
Ed Dowd has spoken of "Disease X! It is now Disease DIC! Debt Implosion Cover-up." It seems that the world must be aflame by war and fearmongering to keep our prying eyes off of the massive corruption ongoing, here as in Europe and elsewhere.
It may well be that you and Dowd are both correct. And therefore, of course, to be deemed guilty of mis- and dis-information as Ursula von der Leyen accused us all at Davos.
Problem: How to get a WWIII as a land war only in Ukraine.... Limited somehow doesn't seem something that can be accomplished long term.