It's interesting to watch how they have been building the case for war on both sides.Ukraine has been dealing with it for years. And you're right, from frying pan to fire.

The more I think about it, the more I think this has been in the planning since at least 2014. The problem is we are so short term in our thinking, while Putin & Xi are in for decades. We are woefully unprepared, and the climate will suffer even more than the normal, which wasn't good.