"Kissinger Is Right To Worry" About The Possibility Of World War 3

Ukrainian servicemen fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun at a position on a frontline in the Kherson region. Photograph: Reuters  

Niall Fergusen, Bloomberg: All Is Not Quiet On The Eastern Front  

2022 was the year in which war made a comeback. But Cold War II could become World War III in 2023... with China as the arsenal of autocracy. 

War is hell on earth - and if you doubt it, visit Ukraine or watch Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front, Netflix’s gut-wrenching new adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic antiwar novel of 1929. 

Even a small war is hellish for those caught up in it, of course. But a world war is the worst thing we humans have ever done to one another. In a memorable essay published last month, Henry Kissinger reflected on “How to Avoid Another World War.” In 1914, “The nations of Europe, insufficiently familiar with how technology had enhanced their respective military forces, proceeded to inflict unprecedented devastation on one another.” Then, after two years of industrialized slaughter, “the principal combatants in the West (Britain, France and Germany) began to explore prospects for ending the carnage.” Even with US intermediation, the effort failed.  

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