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Two-years ago France didn't want to get involved in the war in Ukraine, but they've reversed course and now they do.

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france has come around and now wants in on President McSh*ttyPants' grift.

I appreciate Macron committing US troops to Ukraine since NATO is the US. If France wants to commit troops, then go for it, but US troops should be nowhere near it.

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According to reports from Taiwan's United Daily News (UDN), US Army Green Berets from the 1st Special Forces Group are now permanently stationed at bases of the 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, a Taiwanese army special operations force, located in outlying island counties of Penghu and Kinmen.

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Ukraine / Russia
Israel / Gaza
Red Sea / Houthi Privateering
Venezuela / Guyana
Haiti
Cuba
US Border Crisis;
and now Taiwan

229-days the most volatile presidential election of all time as we head into April 2024.

I still think all of this is very overdramatic. There's lots of chaos, but there's always lots of chaos. I was "guaranteed" during the build up for Desert Storm well over 30 years ago that all the western countries fighting in the Middle East at a large scale would trigger WW3, judgement day, cats and dogs living together, etc. as well.

But yeah yeah, I know, this is different because it's happening now.

I predict a year from now and then five years from now this thread will still be saying that it's imminent. It's like the rapture and UFO disclosure and aggie national championships and everything else, it's always "just around the corner" except it never happens.

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I still think all of this is very overdramatic. There's lots of chaos, but there's always lots of chaos. I was "guaranteed" during the build up for Desert Storm well over 30 years ago that all the western countries fighting in the Middle East at a large scale would trigger WW3, judgement day, cats and dogs living together, etc. as well.

But yeah yeah, I know, this is different because it's happening now.

I predict a year from now and then five years from now this thread will still be saying that it's imminent. It's like the rapture and UFO disclosure and aggie national championships and everything else, it's always "just around the corner" except it never happens.

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In 1937 there were people worried about the build up of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. It's like the rapture and UFO disclosure and aggie national championships and everything else, it's always "just around the corner" except it never happens.

So brave yet so blind. The old, I'm bad ass and ya'll scared for no reason tough guy poster.

Well in 1939 something happened and the Aggies won a championship. As you said it NEVER happens except when it does. Repeat for 1914, 1861, 1870

ttu_85 said:

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Joes said:

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I still think all of this is very overdramatic. There's lots of chaos, but there's always lots of chaos. I was "guaranteed" during the build up for Desert Storm well over 30 years ago that all the western countries fighting in the Middle East at a large scale would trigger WW3, judgement day, cats and dogs living together, etc. as well.

But yeah yeah, I know, this is different because it's happening now.

I predict a year from now and then five years from now this thread will still be saying that it's imminent. It's like the rapture and UFO disclosure and aggie national championships and everything else, it's always "just around the corner" except it never happens.

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In 1937 there were people worried about the build up of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. It's like the rapture and UFO disclosure and aggie national championships and everything else, it's always "just around the corner" except it never happens.

So brave yet so blind. The old, I'm bad ass and ya'll scared for no reason tough guy poster.

Well in 1939 something happened and the Aggies won a championship. As you said it NEVER happens except when it does. Repeat for 1914, 1861, 1870

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I know very well about all that, history is one of my passions. Ok fine, it's not about it never happening again, it's about it never happening when it's supposed to and the stupidity of predicting when. It would be like starting a thread specifically about concerns about the Yellowstone super volcano. Yes, it's happened before, and it will likely happen again at some point. Mathematically we're past due, but it could happen this afternoon or not for another 100,000 years.

So with this WW3 nonsense for people to say "I see it coming now because..." is silly because it's just not possible to know that. I'll be 56 in 2 weeks and it's been "about to happen" my entire life and that doesn't count the Berlin Airlift and Korea and the Cuban missile crisis and other scarier things that could have triggered it before I was even here. What I'm saying is these "I see the signs" things are silly.

Joes said:

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ttu_85 said:

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Joes said:

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I still think all of this is very overdramatic. There's lots of chaos, but there's always lots of chaos. I was "guaranteed" during the build up for Desert Storm well over 30 years ago that all the western countries fighting in the Middle East at a large scale would trigger WW3, judgement day, cats and dogs living together, etc. as well.

But yeah yeah, I know, this is different because it's happening now.

I predict a year from now and then five years from now this thread will still be saying that it's imminent. It's like the rapture and UFO disclosure and aggie national championships and everything else, it's always "just around the corner" except it never happens.

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In 1937 there were people worried about the build up of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. It's like the rapture and UFO disclosure and aggie national championships and everything else, it's always "just around the corner" except it never happens.

So brave yet so blind. The old, I'm bad ass and ya'll scared for no reason tough guy poster.

Well in 1939 something happened and the Aggies won a championship. As you said it NEVER happens except when it does. Repeat for 1914, 1861, 1870

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I know very well about all that, history is one of my passions. Ok fine, it's not about it never happening again, it's about it never happening when it's supposed to and the stupidity of predicting when. It would be like starting a thread specifically about concerns about the Yellowstone super volcano. Yes, it's happened before, and it will likely happen again at some point. Mathematically we're past due, but it could happen this afternoon or not for another 100,000 years.

So with this WW3 nonsense for people to say "I see it coming now because..." is silly because it's just not possible to know that. I'll be 56 in 2 weeks and it's been "about to happen" my entire life and that doesn't count the Berlin Airlift and Korea and the Cuban missile crisis and other scarier things that could have triggered it before I was even here. What I'm saying is these "I see the signs" things are silly.

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Well Jesus himself said "only my father in heaven knows when it ends". So pegging it exactly is beyond the ability of mere man. However reading tea leaves-- political, economic currents, demographic trends, and ques is within our purview-- though not remotely an exact science.

That said if you dont see truly potential era changing, destabilizing, problems in the world today your are as blind as a bat. Yet even that doesn't mean for sure that it hits the fan. But flat out implying all is "normal" as you have is 'head in the sand and ass in the air' denial.

Also, August 1945 was still fresh in the minds of people in 1947 and 1962. But look at the rhetoric of today, people have forgotten what it really means. Today its nothing but an intellectual footnote.

ttu_85 said:

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Joes said:

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ttu_85 said:

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Joes said:

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I still think all of this is very overdramatic. There's lots of chaos, but there's always lots of chaos. I was "guaranteed" during the build up for Desert Storm well over 30 years ago that all the western countries fighting in the Middle East at a large scale would trigger WW3, judgement day, cats and dogs living together, etc. as well.

But yeah yeah, I know, this is different because it's happening now.

I predict a year from now and then five years from now this thread will still be saying that it's imminent. It's like the rapture and UFO disclosure and aggie national championships and everything else, it's always "just around the corner" except it never happens.

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In 1937 there were people worried about the build up of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. It's like the rapture and UFO disclosure and aggie national championships and everything else, it's always "just around the corner" except it never happens.

So brave yet so blind. The old, I'm bad ass and ya'll scared for no reason tough guy poster.

Well in 1939 something happened and the Aggies won a championship. As you said it NEVER happens except when it does. Repeat for 1914, 1861, 1870

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I know very well about all that, history is one of my passions. Ok fine, it's not about it never happening again, it's about it never happening when it's supposed to and the stupidity of predicting when. It would be like starting a thread specifically about concerns about the Yellowstone super volcano. Yes, it's happened before, and it will likely happen again at some point. Mathematically we're past due, but it could happen this afternoon or not for another 100,000 years.

So with this WW3 nonsense for people to say "I see it coming now because..." is silly because it's just not possible to know that. I'll be 56 in 2 weeks and it's been "about to happen" my entire life and that doesn't count the Berlin Airlift and Korea and the Cuban missile crisis and other scarier things that could have triggered it before I was even here. What I'm saying is these "I see the signs" things are silly.

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Well Jesus himself said "only my father in heaven knows when it ends". So pegging it exactly is beyond the ability of mere man. However reading tea leaves-- political, economic currents, demographic trends, and ques is within our purview-- though not remotely an exact science.

That said if you dont see truly potential era changing, destabilizing, problems in the world today your are as blind as a bat. Yet even that doesn't mean for sure that it hits the fan. But flat out implying all is "normal" as you have is 'head in the sand and ass in the air' denial.

Also, August 1945 was still fresh in the minds of people in 1947 and 1962. But look at the rhetoric of today, people have forgotten what it really means. Today its nothing but an intellectual footnote.

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What in the world is with your hostility? I'm not blind, I'm very tuned in and I see everything happening that you do. This "beginning of WW3" thread is over two years old. But I guess if someone predicts a thing to happen every single day and you live long enough eventually you might be right. I guess I'll just predict that the Cowboys will win the Super Bowl and I'll come back next year or the next year or maybe 38 years from now and say I saw it coming when it happens. It's not about me being blind, it's about others here who think they're omniscient.

There's always a bias among people that what's happening "now" is elevated to greater importance. And there's news overload. If we had instant worldwide communications throughout history people would have been far more worried at other times, too. 100 years ago the only things that even entered most people's awareness was what was happening in their own town. Now, if a ship sinks in the Indian Ocean and you're out on your west Texas ranch you'll know about it immediately. This worldwide chaos has always been here. And yeah, at some point things might get worse.

But going for decades after one war ends saying "another war will come at some point" is not exactly prescient.

I just took two seconds and opened up the very first relevant thing I saw and this is 10 years old, Feb 2014, from the BBC:

What are the chances of a third world war?

There are certainly potential flashpoints at present. Europe and Russia are trading angry insults over Ukraine, and China and Japan are squaring up over a few uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.

What are the chances of a third world war? - BBC News

If I spent the time I could find an article discussing this possibility every year going back decades.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ben-shapiro-show/id1047335260?i=1000650010280

The Taiwanese deployment makes sense to me and always has. The entire planet has a critical strategic interest because they are effectively a monopoly for advanced chip production. If china got control of that they could hold the planet hostage and greatly improve their capabilities.

The UK flat out said they would nuke China if they f'ed with Taiwan. That's why we are simultaneously trying to build out our own chip capabilities. This should all be obvious.

This one is a big damn deal as opposed to Ukraine where we have little strategic interest other than delighting in revenge porn and testing drone weapon tactics while using the Ukrainians as fodder.

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Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Russian President Vladimir Putin's friend, Viktor Medvedchuk, recently predicted that a nuclear strike will "most likely" be coming.

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Putin's uncle Nate say grab your cankles.

I'm sure they're working on this for drones too;

Chinese automated cruise missile production line.

The video report says the factory has the capacity to produce the components for 1,000 missiles/day if running 24/7. pic.twitter.com/C5ISSVGCBA

— Clash Report (@clashreport) April 1, 2024

BREAKING:

Poland is preparing a new project in which it will renovate hundreds of air raid shelters built during the nuclear scare of the 1950s and 1960s.

USD 700 million will be spent on the renovations

The project also includes building new shelters, but the cost is unknown pic.twitter.com/jeuaPT2jPI

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 1, 2024

🚨🇨🇳🇺🇸 CHINA warns its citizens visiting the US to take safety precautions and to be prepared for "various unexpected situations." pic.twitter.com/KYZQtkzFED

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) April 1, 2024

All my life I heard about the evils of sponsoring child soldiers when foreign countries did it. Yet one more highly-touted distinction about my own country & ‘evil authoritarian countries’ dissolved in just a few short years. https://t.co/gjyNzhwpab

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) March 31, 2024

Forever war, comrades…let's just get ready for the next 'surprise' escalation, I suppose, as Xi has hinted at.

Glenn Reynolds; that 1938 feeling.

European Command orders FPCON Charlie.

July 1 Mid-Year Update:

-The sitting President of the United States is being forced to resign by his own party.

-Meanwhile, the leading presidential candidate of the opposing party is scheduled to be sentenced on a 34 count felony conviction on July 11th.

-Norway orders the stockpile of grain as other countries restrict exports.

-USN struggles to keep commerce open through the Red Sea; humanitarian crisis brewing; war by proxy with Iran continues.

-US supplies long range missiles to Ukraine used to attack interior of Russia; Putin vows direct retaliation against the west.

-No end in sight for Israel / Hamas as Hezbollah seeks to join the chat.

-Russia -Ukraine continues; both sides seek more warm bodies to join the fight; Putin makes deal with Kim Jon to send supplemental troops to Ukraine.

-Summer olympics set to kick off in Paris in the shadow of security concerns and political turmoil in France.

-World leaders say wtf?! as US president has massive meltdown before live tv audience of 70-million.

-Widespread Cyberattacks in the US continue; most of which are not reported.

-Cat 4 hurricane enters the GOM as the earliest on record.

-H5N1 bird flu a lingering threat.

-US dismantles Palestinian aid pier after 2-weeks in operation; no plans to rebuild.

-AI reaches the level of rendering 4K video from a single photo; experts warn of disaster.

-Wages not keeping up with inflation; layoffs continue.

-TSA reports record number of passengers through US airports.

-Hawk Tuah steals America's heart.

-No significant news out of the Taylor & Travis camp.

-Ye travels to Moscow.

We didn't start the fire.
It was always burning
since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire.
No, we didn't light it,
But we tried to fight it.

They were willing to burn down this country to gain power 4 years ago

They're absolutely willing to start WW3 to stay in power today

Ground Troops to Ukraine will be announced soon

The Second Cold War is well underway, and it's a war over access to semiconductors.

Taiwan makes 80% of the world's chips, without which economies would collapse within months. Taiwan calls it "The Silicon Shield", which they believe will keep China from invading.

The accidental destruction of these facilities would plunge the world economy into chaos almost overnight, China included. In fact, China is having the toughest go of it right now since the Tech Allies (USA, Korea, Japan, Netherlands, Germany) have cut off access to nearly all of their advanced facilities to create chips.

The chips might be made in Taiwan, but the advanced lithography needed to make elite chips is made in the Netherlands, and many of the chip parts are made in the USA. That's put China a decade+ behind, although they're working furiously to catch up.

The U.S. is also looking to diversify chip production in case the worst happens by building huge semiconductor facilities with advanced lithography here at home as part of the CHIPS Act. These facilities will still be run by the powerhouse that is TSMC, but the facilities will be inside the U.S., protecting in case of an invasion of Taiwan.

Biden orders the killing of his political opponent.

Trump shot in Pennsylvania; survives.

-6-days after Trump shot the world sees a massive global cyberattack.

-Earlier in the week AT&T reveals that hackers stole 6-months worth of call and text records on every AT&T customer.

-It's quickly announced that President of the United States has contracted the Covid-19 bioweapon as he's quickly shuffled away to Delaware and out of public view.

-Media blitzkrieg underway to force Biden to resign / drop out of presidential race.

-Hamas rips page from Ukrainian playbook and attacks Tel Aviv with drones.

-Russia still recruiting Cubans and North Koreans to fight in Ukraine.

-Paris summer olympics kick off in 7- days.

-US Secret Service still flabbergasted as 20-year old **** bird scales roof as bystanders yell and point; still manages to get off multiple shots at Trump.

-Travis & Taylor still going strong; shrug off the haters.

-Costco selling out of gold bars and 'apocalypse buckets' with food that lasts 25-years.

-108-days until US presidential election.

-WW3 rolls on thought Europe, North Africa and the Middle-East.

The US is preparing for potential escalation in the Middle East, including against its forces, after Israel assassinated two top Hezbollah and Hamas officials in Beirut and Tehran, per AP.

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 1, 2024

Bad news; an escalation of an existing regional war.

Good news; it's not a brand new regional war.

So we got that going for us, which is nice.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-JVDY-SrfH/?igsh=cWJibTExdzdjMWVv

Once confined to the borders of Ukraine, It's casually become the norm that Russia and Ukraine exchange drone / missile strikes.

Conventional warfare rolls on throughout Europe north Africa and the middle-east.

Meanwhile in America, headline news is Trump rants about immigrants eating cats, and Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris.

2024 everything we dreamed it would be.

Ball bearing stuffed pagers leave people asking what will explode next?

(It's all ball bearings these days)

Meanwhile a second assassination attempt on Trump barely moves the needle. Allegations of a chemical attack at a Trump rally doesn't either.

Ukraine continues to launch strikes on infrastructure deep into Russia; US DHLs more long range missiles.

With 45-days until election the Fed cuts interest rates as white-knuckling of the economy continues; analysts pretend like they don't know what's about to happen.

Average American could care less about any of this, instead the focus is squarely on Haitians BBQing cats in Ohio. Cooking cats; so hot right now. No hotter political issue.

Biden drops off the radar; who's in charge is the running joke.

Kamala proudly declares that no US troops are forward deployed; forward deployed troops disagree.

Hollywood glitterati sweating as Diddy re-arrested for sex crimes; which strangely is becoming a popular thing to do every time Trump gets shot at.

America goes wild over Season 2 of the Taylor & Travis NFL reality show; Trump tweets "I hate Taylor Swift!"

and WW3 rolls on ...

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President Biden approved Ukraine's military to use U.S.-provided long-range missiles on targets inside Russian territory, the New York Times reported Sunday, citing unnamed U.S. officials.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously said that such an escalation would constitute an act of war. He has yet to react to Biden's announcement Sunday.

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Outgoing administration desperately trying to escalate this war, no?

Wild that all you hear out of Trump is efforts to deescalate and hold the line until January.

So we'll see.

By now we should be in WWIV...

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Investigators suspect that the crew of the Yi Peng 3 bulk carrier225 meters long, 32 meters wide and loaded with Russian fertilizerdeliberately severed two critical data cables last week as its anchor was dragged along the Baltic seabed for over 100 miles.

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TWO cables and dragging for 100 miles?

That's MTxE.