Last week, the following things happened:
- Ukraine said it needed to join NATO or acquire nuclear weapons
- North Korea sent troops to Ukraine having already sent considerable military aid to Russia
- China told its people to prepare for war, while conducting further training exercises close to Taiwan
- Russia continued to manipulate the US election through ever more subtle disinformation
- Iran is still trying to acquire nuclear weapons from Russia
- Israel has reportedly moved its nuclear arsenal to dispersed sites.
I’ve seen nothing like this in my lifetime. The world is a powder keg. All it takes is one miscalculation, one unintended act of escalation, one over-reaction, and who knows what could happen.
Meanwhile, America has the two worst presidential candidates of modern times, Europe is governed by weak leaders. And potential adversaries are using fifth columnists to divide the populations of western nations against each other.
I just wonder when we will wake up to the dangers we face.