...only a single the blink of an eye on a sunny day. With the U.S. now planning to send Abrams M1 battle tanks to Ukraine (more at the source) and with Germany going to send Leopard tanks (more at the source) and Poland planning to do so as well (more at the source), I have to wonder will Putin be pushed to the insane conclusion that NATO is in essence the aggressor in the Ukraine war and that NATO will attack the Russian homeland. I would think that any rational person outside of the Russian political hierarchy & military would know that such is extremely unlikely but they are not rational minds about which I am worried. Putin and his cronies are power hungry, warm water seaport craving, buffer zone seeking madmen in my opinion. If the tanks being sent to Ukraine are enough of a threat to push Putin and his generals over the edge, then as this article states, they may start WW III.
What would Putin order that would start it? Well, all he needs do is hit Ukraine with one nuke, could be a big one but my guess even Putin would not be stupid enough to use more than a single smaller one, maybe a tactical one or a dirty bomb. The Russians would probably, as I see it, set one off in or drop a bomb on a single high population area, especially one in which they think Zelenskyy is present at the time. I am none too certain that the west would be willing to retaliate with like force but NATO, or the U.S. on its own, may decide to do so. Then again, the U.S. or NATO may just say to hell with it and go for a full out & catastrophic response by launching several nuclear armed missiles and bombers all aimed at the Russians with others at the ready for China, Iran and maybe Pakistan. Then again, NATO led by the U.S. might go on the offensive with ground
troops and conventional bombing before risking an all out nuclear fist
fest but even that would likely lead to a nuclear holocaust eventually unless some Russian with half a brain assassinates Putin before that.
I certainly hope none of that happens (except Putin being assassinated by other Russians of course) because if WW III erupts, I predict most of the people of the world can kiss their own arses a final good bye - if not from actual nuclear or conventional attacks then from the famine and other shortages that will follow in fairly short order; hell, we are already in short supply of way too much. If it does come down to a bilateral nuclear exchange, or even to merely Russia unilaterally using nukes, China and other nations would probably not be far behind in allying all out with the Russians and attacking the west by whatever means they have available. We do not want to get into a war with China involved as our enemy and as Russia's ally (they have not used up any significant amount of their military resources as of late). If that turns out to be the case though - well just allow me to let her sing it again (I have to say this video with the song We'll Meet Again is the best I've ever seen):
As for me, I'll be going to SAM's Club later today or tomorrow (as time allows) to pick up some foods that can be easily stored long term (mostly canned goods, dry beans, rice, flour, spices, salt and such) to add to my cache. I'll also be updating my medical supplies and buying batteries and other items as best I can do. There is a saying that I think is a very good one as relative to the world's current situation: "Pray for peace but prepare for war". Then again, I've always liked the motto of the Boy Scouts of America as well: "Be prepared". That one kind of covers everything - doesn't it!
I do not know if one can actually be prepared for nuclear war and what would follow but I am a child of the original Cold War and my mother was at least somewhat of a prepper back then - long before that word became popular or maybe before it even existed in our vocabulary. So, I'll be damned if I at least don't try to be prepared enough to live to see what the the aftermath of the apocalypse would look like and if that does not come to pass, at least I'll be ready for whatever increase in shortages Biden creates because no matter what - he is sure to do so as I see it.
Hope to see you all after whatever happens or doesn't but until all this comes to its conclusion:
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away...
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away...
...some sunny day!
And people say I am a pessimist, go figure.
All the best,
Glenn B
2 comments:
WW3 is already underway. The question is when it boils over and the mushrooms sprout.
yeah, like db above said, we're already in ww3. ask the polish people that are burying their dead. adding m1's to the mix won't help uke unless u.s. tank crews go with them. even then, too few too late by about a year. all they'll do is fall into the wrong hands when the ukes abandon them, or russian artillery will pulverize them. that's on the micro scale. in the macro, the tanks will give putin the final confirmation that nato is all in. i don't wish putin ill though. there are others waiting in the wings more crazy than he is, and pushing him to escalate already. to be fair, putin is not crazy nor power hungry. it was part of my job to study him at one time. he's wicked smart, cunning and ruthless in his goals. his goal is NOT to reunite the ussr. its to restore mother russia to glory. in the uke, its to de-militarize them, and extend a buffer zone so that moscow is not within range of tactical weapons. other than the russian majority donbas area he has no aims or use for the rest of ukraine. that's all on biden..... remember, ass to the blast and cover your weapon.
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