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If that didn't help here this one

ew job

@Otti#8624 i don't know what to think...

In a good way or bad way

WW3 is not a MAD type situation, or even an end of the world type situation, it is simply one where large amounts of the world are engagedin direct conflict, not proxy wars like what's happening in Syria right now

Of course don't sit there stressing out about it, it's likely not gonna affect the vast majority of us, but you would be absolutely remiss to think that this is "no big deal" or scaremongering

Depends on how this escalates

Like, if Trump sent that bomb out of nowhere, who knows what else he would do

And that's not saying what iran would do yet either after this whole mess

exactly, he's a lunatic

I don't think this will reach WW3 levels of stuff, but still a bad one

The previous WWs were only seen as bad because Europe was hugely affected

i'm sure of that much

Escalation or not this has a huge potential to destabilise the entire middle east and beyond, this could very well be a Franz Ferdinand moment

I don't know who that is but rip ?

Okay but seriously I don't know who that is

I should have paid more attention in history class

Franz Ferdinand was the Austrian king who was killed right before the start of WW1

Ahh

Well, not king, archduke

Same difference

He was assassinated and his death was the turning point for the start of the way

Out of interest, does anyone know the chain of events that led to WW1?

Yeah

He was assassinated and his death was the turning point for the start of the war

I sure don't

would you believe it, his assassin got hungry, so he walked to a sandwich shop because Ferdinand was running behind schedule and surprisingly ended up being in the perfect place to kill him

Just think, WW1 started because of a sandwich

To be fair, sandwiches are damn great

He didn't even get to eat the sandwich haha

Not the saddest thing that happened that day, but still sad

the point is, it was a Serbian guy who shot an Austrian royal. You would think "that has absolutely nothing to do with America" but look at how WW1 ended up

Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia because of this assasination
Serbia was allied with Russia who stepped in to help them
Germany then declared war on Russia because they were allied with Austria-Hungary
Then, Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium - This triggered the French and British response

Either way, this whole thing now is huge and could turn even worse

exactly

Someone just needs to get Trump off as the president and then it depends on what Iran does