{"id":281179,"date":"2024-02-03T08:10:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T08:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=281179"},"modified":"2024-02-06T08:11:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T08:11:33","slug":"discuss-is-world-war-3-really-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=281179","title":{"rendered":"DISCUSS: Is \u201cWorld War 3\u201d really on the horizon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Off-Guardian Feb 1, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of \u201cWorld War Three\u201d in the news right now.<\/p>\n<p>Grant Shapps, the UK\u2019s defence minister has claimed we have <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/are-we-heading-for-world-war-three-experts-weigh-up-whether-russia-china-and-the-middle-east-could-lead-us-into-apocalyptic-conflict-13056131\">\u201cmoved from a post-war to a pre-war world\u201d<\/a>, whatever that means.<\/p>\n<p>Going on to say we can expect the world to be \u201cengulfed\u201d by wars with Russia, China, Iran and North Korea all within the next five years. Again, no idea how he can know that.<\/p>\n<p>Two days ago, The Telegraph <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/01\/29\/world-war-three-is-approaching-fast-and-too-few-are-willing\/\">was headlining<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">World War Three is approaching fast, and too few are willing to admit why<\/p>\n<p>Two days before that, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/world-war-3-5-chilling-31982999\">Mirror went with<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">World War 3: 5 chilling signs UK and US are heading for all out conflict amid global unrest<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Spiked! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2024\/01\/30\/are-you-ready-for-world-war-3\/\">asked simply<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Are you ready for World War 3?<\/p>\n<p>Before adding, <em>\u201cOur sabre-rattling elites need to take a deep breath.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today, the Express <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1861679\/war-preparations-nato-eastern-flank-troops-russia\">reports that<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Top NATO allies strike World War 3 deal as Putin on brink of war with the West<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph has clearly got its priorities in order, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2024\/01\/31\/markets-are-fatally-complacent-about-the-risks-of-world-war\/\">warning<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A third world war would transform global finance beyond recognition<\/p>\n<p>(And, incidentally, ripping off a Jasper Carrott <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gcXM6tfe9YM?si=z8Z09mNJA-4Ku8yG&amp;t=52\">stand-up routine from 40 years ago<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the oddest WWIII headline belongs to Newsweek, which wants us to start farming a new superfood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/overlooked-superfood-farming-world-war-scientists-1864818\">\u201cin case of nuclear war.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In terms of actual conflict, we have the ongoing \u201cwars\u201d in Ukraine and Gaza, and a civil war in Myanmar as well.<\/p>\n<p>ISIS allegedly conducted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/8aaabbc9-7b54-4070-8acc-ba9d75dcfcf1\">a terrorist attack in Iran<\/a>. Iran took out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-67999465\">targets in Pakistan<\/a>, and Pakistan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-68014882\">responded in kind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Somebody apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-68122706\">droned some US servicemen in Syria<\/a>. The US is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/news\/2024\/01\/28\/us-troops-killed-drone-attack-jordan\/\">blaming Iran and may retaliate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The eternal war in Yemen is still ongoing, with Houthi rebels now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/1\/31\/houthis-threaten-more-strikes-on-us-and-british-warships#:~:text=The%20Houthis%2C%20who%20control%20the,(Al%20Jazeera)\">attacking ships in the Red Sea<\/a> in solidarity with Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>The UK and US are sending ships into the area, with \u201cexperts\u201d calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/opinion\/air-strikes-hothis-prevent-world-war-3-2881654\">\u201cairstrikes to prevent World War III\u201d<\/a>, apparently hoping to invoke the rare \u201cde-escalation via blowing stuff up\u201d tactic.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar vein, Zelensky is warning Germany might walk into WWIII if it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/ww3-world-war-three-russia-ukraine-germany-xxb5hrw88\">doesn\u2019t supply him with missiles<\/a> (I don\u2019t follow his logic, but then I haven\u2019t spent a few billion dollars of US \u201cmilitary aid\u201d on cocaine).<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/world\/donald-trump-world-war-3-2878542\">is trumpeting<\/a> that Biden\u2019s carelessness has left the world <em>\u201con the brink of World War Three.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cdoomsday clock\u201d is set at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tech\/doomsday-clock-2024-current-time-midnight-live-b2483366.html\">90 seconds to midnight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And suddenly everyone is talking about conscription, (as if that would have any bearing at all on a WWWIII). Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2024\/01\/25\/lvbd-j25.html\">the UK<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13017845\/Australia-conscription-Dr-Alexey-Muraviev-World-War.html\">Australia<\/a> have had calls for conscription in the past week.<\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n<p>How does the apparent surge in international conflict work with the \u201cgreat reset\u201d world government plan? Is it breaking it or making it?<\/p>\n<p>Is it possible they are dangling a nuclear Sword of Damocles over the world in order to scare people into embracing \u201cworld peace\u201d through a global new world order? Or could they be picking the sides for the next Cold War?<\/p>\n<p>\u2026or is it all real, and we could all be radioactive ash by 2025?<\/p>\n<p>What do you guys think?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Will the UK bring back conscription?<\/li>\n<li>Is this about good old-fashioned military spending?<\/li>\n<li>Are we really on the brink of WWIII?<\/li>\n<li>Or is this a narrative, and if so what\u2019s the purpose?<\/li>\n<li>What happens next?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Support Off-Guardian:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/offguardian\">Ko-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/offguardian\">Subscribestar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=CKFB3MH8CGB9U\">Paypal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2024\/01\/31\/discuss-is-world-war-3-really-on-the-horizon\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judging from recent news reports you would think that we were on the brink of WWIII. Is the sabre rattling genuine, or another grand narrative roll-out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":281172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Commentary"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281182,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281179\/revisions\/281182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/281172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=281179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=281179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}