^^^ With respect, my Aussie brother:
*1) There is always an "expanding" war going on somewhere
*2) Life in the middle east can usually be described as an "ongoing expanding war"
*3) China is always playing situational military wargames...as are we...as are most governments.
*4) We should fear an attack from N. Korea about as much as we fear an attack by Madagascar...and Russia can barely handle the Ukraine.
*5) There are always wars of some level of significance, and tension is a normal human condition.
*6) Perhaps they look like seeds...perhaps they look like normal pieces of dirt. Perhaps they look like little m&m's...I suppose it all depends how hungry you are.
Yeah I get all of that - but it's more to do with the intensity and the web that's forming which is more of a concern.
When was the last time that Israel had to fight a war simultaneously on four different fronts? (Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Iran)
Iran and North Korea supplying weapons to Russia - when did that ever happen? There's the possibility of Russia assisting their nuclear and ballistic programs in return.
Russia and North Korea has never officially signed a pact like that before. It sounds like Russia is trying to strike the same arrangement with China. If China start supplying 5th generation arms to Russia (who's dependence on outdated technology has been exposed in the Ukraine War), that's a massive shift in play.
This is a escalation over anything we have seen over the last 40 plus years (including both Gulf wars and Afghanistan).
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