A woman, left, holds a poster reading “Turkey to account!” as others wave Russian and Syrian national flags during a picket at the Turkish Embassy in Moscow, Russia © AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin
Watching the shaking, blazing footage of a Russian jet downed by the Turkish air force one question was running through millions of people’s minds—is this what the start of World War Three looks like?
I think this is a very 20th century question. Historically, few periods of interstate conflict start in a single day. Nor, for the most part war and peace is not a black and white thing with …read more
Source: Prospect
