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[–] VoiHyvaLuojaMitaNyt@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Saying this is the start of a World War is such a USA-centric brain dead take. Ukraine war is closer to World War than anything that might happen in Iran will ever be.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

I think it is likely that the Ukraine war will be widely considered the beginning of a series of events that will later be labeled "the ramp up to WWIII", of which this is an indirect extension.

[–] Eximius@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ugh.... China is constantly itching while constantly glaring at Taiwan, and (recently) eastern Russia... Distracted 'murica makes braver China

WW started not suddenly, everybody kinda slowly joined the party

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

US and Israel: literally bombing Iran unilaterally during negotiations

Lemmitor: BUT CHINA BAD!!!!

[–] Eximius@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Nonono, s/BUT/ALSO/

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

China is likely to attack Taiwan while the U.S. is distracted. Pakistan and India could get into it while there's no one available to intervene.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

US has been distracted many times when they attacked and invaded like a dozen countries since WWII?

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 2 points 23 hours ago

Unlike the US, China isn't governed by a attention-span lacking moron. They want Taiwan, and will not rest until they have it, but they also don't want a war with the US over it, unless they can be certain to win it. This isn't it.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io -2 points 1 day ago

If you can't connect the dots between Ukraine, Iran, Taiwan, and Venezuela then I simply don't know what to tell you...