re: How many of you have teenage sons and are nervous about upcoming wars?

I just completed reading a book on the causes of World War I.
Almost every country involved in Europe had their secretaries of State make attempts to head off the war . The United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and even Austria tried hard to avert the war. The ministers of war and secretaries of state of Germany and Russia had differing goals. The Tsars' ministers basically pestered him into huge troop mobilizations. Kaiser Wilhelm II promoted huge troop mobilizations and was promoting the war. On top of that he he had mental issues.
Point is that at that time there did not exist any strong leader that was against the war and that is our problem now. Biden* is Not a strong leader.