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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by lumost on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:44PM (#47683782)
Look, if you continue down that road to GCC countries engaging Iran, then you have a multiparty nuclear armed conflict with combatants stretching from Europe to the Chinese border.

At that point it really does sound like ww3 started from the same causes as ww1 - nobody will win, nobody will know why they are fighting, and most of the fighting will be drones being slung over trenches.

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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by jacquesm on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:07PM (#47684014)
> At that point it really does sound like ww3 started from the same causes as ww1 - nobody will win, nobody will no why they are fighting, and most of the fighting will be drones being slung over trenches.

Name me one war of aggression that ended up being a long term win for the aggressor.

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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by km3r on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:30PM (#47684209)
Us revolutionary war. China taking Tibet. US Mexican war.
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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by alephnerd on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:49PM (#47683826)
> At that point it really does sound like ww3 started from the same causes as ww1

My stance on this is the same as Fiona Hill's [0] and Zelensky's [1].

I'd argue the date this began was 24th February 2022 [2]

[0] - https://xcancel.com/FrankRGardner/status/2027098560647348410

[1] - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj9p15y87o

[2] - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60503037

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