Years ago I reviewed novels for the Roanoke Rimes and World News. My wife worked in a bureau for them and at a social event, I met the person in charge of the Sunday culture section. I reviewed espionage, history, and military titles. While there was no pay, I could keep the books and people at church were pleased to see my reviews.
A few of these novels dealt with a Soviet asset becoming president and leading the USA to the brink of surrendering to the Kremlin. Not that such a thing could happen! Well, put in Russian for Soviet, and.....
But here is my current idea; sadly, it could also happen. Russia invaded Ukraine some months ago. Of course, Putin calls it a "special military operation", but that is propaganda. Imagine that Putin wants to expand the war, or "special military operation" because NATO nations have supported Ukraine with weapons and training.
Russia asks Belarus to attack Ukraine and Poland. Moldava is also attacked. NATO nations are pledged to defend each other by virtue of Article 5.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm
Note that Sweden and Finland have since joined.
Hungary is a NATO member, but Viktor Orban tacitly supports Russia. He refuses to let weapons/aid for Ukraine to go through Hungary. While the border between Hungary and Ukraine is small, consider this. Orban allows Russian and Belarussian forces to pass through Hungary westward. That would split Eastern Europe and put the invaders at the Austrian border. While Austria is neutral and not in NATO, Putin does not care. It would be easy to go northward to Prague or to continue West into Germany.
Putin's aim would be to devastate as much as he could. The risk would be a nuclear war, either with tactical weapons or missiles. And as the USA gets into 2024 campaign mode, you can imagine. World War III might not be long, but it would be devastating in so many ways.
Let us hope that none of this is true and that it remains fiction.
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