Not necessarily true, politicians have a history of hiding their own failures with an “opportune” war. In the case of the “West”, the coming financial collapse.I think it is reasonable to say that of all the international actors watching this mess, the ones who would benefit least from it escalating are the west, especially due to the situation with Putin and Ukraine and the power struggle with China. Whereas the west will want restraint Putin, Iran and Xi will see opportunity in escalation and stoking the fire.
Which is why I can see the EU collapsing, by the way.
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