The Elites know they're running out of options and they can't afford to play the usual "polite" games any more. Putin has literally pulled out a gun, in fact a whole bunch of sophisticated guns. Xi is right behind him and they both know that there's no going back.
In your high school history book, I always thought that the people that lived through the end of one chapter and into the beginning of the next never actually realized it, as one day simply moved to the next. But now I suspect that, years from now, we may look back on February 24, 2022, as they day the world began to stop the long slide.
The Elites know they're running out of options and they can't afford to play the usual "polite" games any more. Putin has literally pulled out a gun, in fact a whole bunch of sophisticated guns. Xi is right behind him and they both know that there's no going back.
In your high school history book, I always thought that the people that lived through the end of one chapter and into the beginning of the next never actually realized it, as one day simply moved to the next. But now I suspect that, years from now, we may look back on February 24, 2022, as they day the world began to stop the long slide.
if shit SERIOUSLY hit the fan? and china decided to team up with russia? then india said "fuck the west, im going with them" ?
we'd be fucked...lol