There will be no war between the United States and Russia. It's still common knowledge in the military, though never confirmed of course, that there's an agreement between the Pentagon and the militaries of at least Russia and China that they won't allow things to go that far. There was some evidence of this over a year ago, when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs caught some flak for telling the People's Liberation Army that Trump wouldn't be allowed to do anything...rash.
Apparently the Chinese were concerned. Those back channels of communication do in fact exist.
Just saying this so you won't worry so much. And your comments about journalism in the West, what there is of it, are spot on.
There will be no war between the United States and Russia. It's still common knowledge in the military, though never confirmed of course, that there's an agreement between the Pentagon and the militaries of at least Russia and China that they won't allow things to go that far. There was some evidence of this over a year ago, when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs caught some flak for telling the People's Liberation Army that Trump wouldn't be allowed to do anything...rash.
Apparently the Chinese were concerned. Those back channels of communication do in fact exist.
Just saying this so you won't worry so much. And your comments about journalism in the West, what there is of it, are spot on.