re: The Coming of WWIII

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I’m really curious how close we are to all out escalation

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I don't think it'll escalate unless Putin rolls hard into Poland. Our best case scenario, which is what I think is going to happen, is that the Ukrainians fight Russia to a standstill or inflict so many casualties that Russia, unable to continue fighting, just goes home. Their economic problems aside, the Russians have severe demographic issues. Too many retirees being supported by too few young workers. They were already running out of young people to breed, produce, and consume. They can't afford to lose a million young men to war.