Per #BloombergArchives

One of the #primary reasons #Europe went to #war in 1914 is that none of the #bigplayers were as #frightened as they should have been, of conflict as a supreme human #catastrophe.

#VladimirPutin shares this #delusion.

He is confident that he is #tougher than us #decadent #Westerners.

https://archive.ph/2023.12.11-075638/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-10/it-s-not-just-ukraine-and-gaza-war-is-on-the-rise-everywhere