Russia Ukraine war, page-10422

@Crom Valen Yeah der it is really ridiculous for the WSWS to warn of the very real threat of this escalating into WW3 , because no one else is.

Under conditions in which massive quantities of weapons are being poured into an active and bloody conflict, there are growing warnings of a full-scale war, alongside unhinged demands for escalation to the brink of abyss.

“This Is How World War III Begins,” declared New York Times columnist Bret Stephens. He meant this not as a demand for de-escalation, but for more aggressive US military intervention into the conflict.

This week, Martin Wolf of the Financial Times warned, “The hope for peaceful relations is fading. Instead, we have Russia’s war on Ukraine, threats of nuclear Armageddon, a mobilised west, an alliance of autocracies, unprecedented economic sanctions and a huge energy and food shock.
No one knows what will happen. But we do know this looks to be a disaster.”

Wolf concluded, “Russia’s war on Ukraine has similarly transformed the map of our world. A prolonged bout of stagflation seems certain, with large potential effects on financial markets. In the long term, the emergence of two blocs with deep splits between them is likely, as is an accelerating reversal of globalization and sacrifice of business interests to geopolitics. Even nuclear war is, alas, conceivable.”

Despite these warnings, there are demands for further US escalation. The Hill reported that “a growing number of lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to fulfill Kyiv’s request for more air power.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/19/llgk-m19.html