Russia Ukraine war, page-8840

The NATO-Russia conflict spirals out of control

14/03/2022

The war between Russia and Ukraine, now well into its third week, is rapidly and dangerously spiraling out of control, with both sides invoking “World War III” and the prospect of nuclear war.

The military logic of escalation begins to take on a dangerous life of its own.

The Russian government of Vladimir Putin finds itself waging a war against NATO in all but name, with Ukraine as the battlefield. It is responding by ever more directly targeting NATO itself.

The Putin government, representing a faction of the Russian oligarchy and military-state apparatus, hoped to seize Ukrainian territory in a bid to make a deal with Washington.
This has proven to be a disastrous miscalculation.

As the conflict develops, the US and NATO are involving themselves ever more directly in the proxy war against Russia.
In the US media, there is an atmosphere of absolute war hysteria, with demands for further escalation made without the slightest concern for the consequences.
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