Trump has said we are on the brink of WW3, aibu to agree with him?

He's electioneering. Going to say whatever he thinks is most likely to get people to vote for him.

You don't seem to have a very deep understanding of US-Russia relations, OP. If you're interested in deepening your understanding, I hight recommend the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a bipartisan, non-profit policy think tank, as an excellent resource.

www.csis.org/

As a former president, instead of adding his voice to the ceasefire demands or whatever he thinks will help the situations, he chooses to stoke the fire of panic?

Not ww3, but a serious conflict in the Middle East which could have worldwide consequences.

Oil prices could shoot up, and we still use a lot of oil, plus the very real prospect of terrorist activity.

And then? What is your suggestion

we do provide Israel with weapons as do the USA

The U.K. and US were directly involved in defending Israel last night as well.

My fear is if Trump gets in he'll start WW3.

His rhetoric is not helpful. It's a very complex situation that needs diplomacy - of which he is devoid.

that’s not the same as ww3, though?

Yes, I wouldn’t be surprised if those affected by UK supplying arms that’s used on their countries ‘sought revenge’ in the UK. The supply of arms has repercussions. Many incidents of terrorism have resulted from similar.

Wondering what the point of this response is? We're not sliding into a big event across the Middle East because Trump is an idiot and your parents lived through WW2? It's a shame you aren't on the BatPhone to Benjamin Netanyahu. The problem would be solved in an instant. 😂

@GiveMeSpanakopita

The world has always been an uncertain place, iron curtain, invasions of eastern europe by the Soviets in the 50s and 60s, Cuba, mass formations of armour facing each other across the plains of Germany.
Constant wars in the ME, far far worse than what we see now, such as Iran/Iraq which saw millions die, Israel attacked by its neighbours - Jordan, Syria and Egypt...

China needs trade to keep its population happy, war will do the exact opposite.

Russia cannot even defeat a small nation like Ukraine, has to beg borrow weapons from Iran and NK, it would face defeat if it attacked a nato state, even without the USA.

Iran has plenty of old 70s style weapons which are ineffective now.

You say Biden is demented? have ever listened to Trump? the world will be a better place if he is defeated in November and a far worse place if he is not.

We'll be a lot closer to WW3 if Trump is voted back in

People will disagree only because you used the word Trump in your post.

People are stupid. So stupid they think it's a good idea we all engage in a proxy war with nuclear Superpower.

Yes, we are treading on very dangerous ground.

Further to my last comment. I would add that from the Iranian perspective, now is the perfect time to be starting something.

Between 1945 and 2008, the US acted as the police force of the world. It was dragged rather reluctantly into this role (because for most of its history the US has been protectionist and inward-looking) but did the job fairly well leading to decades of relative global stability.

Obama return the US to its more protectionist and inward looking foreign policy. Trump changed this up a bit, in that he sought to use an iron fist in velvet glove style of diplomacy (or threats, depending on your perspective) rather than force to keep global peace, with mixed but on the whole temporarily positive results. Biden returned to the Obama-style protectionist foreign policy, but did so very clumsily (see: Afghanistan), leading to further ME instability.

Ever get the sense that the world is generally less stable than it was in the 2000s? Yeah, there's a reason for that.

Now, from the POV of Iran Russia and China, the American policeman is asleep at the helm. Like the drunken leaders of the dying USSR, Biden is demented and his role is being done by his family and a military clique, who reputedly do not sing from the same hymnsheet. So now's a great time for the new multipolar superpower of Iran, China and Russia to be starting military shit - which they all are.

Couple this with widespread online disinformation and sowing of discord amongst the once culturlaly stable nations of Western Europe, and I believe our children and certainly our grandchildren will live in a time of declining wealth, greater poverty and war for resources. This has already begun, as we all know if we open our eyes and look around.

Personally I got my kids learning Mandarin and Arabic 8 years ago. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em and we all need to look after our own.

You can’t want this though op?

Are you in the U.K. out of interest

Go back to the 60s and 70s and 80s, at the height of Soviet power and the Cold war and Israel were at war with pretty much all their neighbours.

The big players like Saudi Arabia & Egypt don't want war, Iraq and Syria are no longer capable, Russia is tied up in Ukraine, that leaves Iran, an isolated country, with limited military hardware, both Israel and the USA will bomb their nuclear facilities if they get nr a nuclear weapon.

For me, its how we applaud Israel for behaving no better than Russia in Ukraine with its indiscriminate attacks that kill 1000s of civilians, defend themselves yes of course but its the way they do it.

That is true. If Trump wins he will withdraw support for Ukraine and support Putin to take over Ukraine. An emboldened Putin could then turn his sights on a Nato country which could definitely lead to all out war in Europe.