JRL NEWSWATCH: “If You Think World War III Is Unimaginable, Read This” – Bloomberg
“Novelists and filmmakers have long developed alternative histories of major conflicts that should serve as warnings for complacent Americans.”
“… Under certain circumstances, imagining defeat can sap your morale. But it can also focus the mind on the burning imperative not to lose. Ukrainians have no difficulty imagining what defeat would mean today. They have seen the bodies strewn in the streets of Bucha after the Russian execution spree in 2022. They know the horrors of which Putin’s colonial army is capable. Likewise, most Israelis understand only too well that victory for Hamas and its backers would be the prelude to a second Holocaust. They will never forget the hideous atrocities perpetrated last Oct. 7. But few if any Americans think this way. …”