In their usually weaselly way, Western politicians want to go to war with Russia without making it look like they’re going to war with Russia. Putin, of course, is on to the game. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s election victory speech and Q&A with the press was full of familiar themes, but he used the occasion after capturing a record 87% of the vote to warn the US and Europe that a “full-scale World War III” is “possible” should any Western troops enter Ukraine.
The remarks came in response to a journalist’s question on President Macron’s recent statements saying he thinks sending troops to Ukraine should be a realistic possibility. Putin responded on Sunday: “I think anything is possible in today’s world and it’s clear to everyone that this would be one step from a full-scale World War III.”
But the Russian leader also emphasized that NATO military personnel are already present in Ukraine, with Russian intelligence having observed English and French at times being spoken on the battlefield. “There is nothing good in this, first of all for them, because they are dying there and in large numbers,” he said.
He knows that WWIII is a feature to the faculty lounge?
Nihilism, that’s why.
Nothing burns it all down better than 7500 degree mushroom clouds and the potential KIA count gets the controllers excited beyond belief.