War war

It seems, according to the Daily Star, reporting the words of a former Russian Deputy Prime Minister who is a ‘mouthpiece’ for Putin that there are 23 UK towns and cities in the firing line when WWIII starts. Thankfully there’s only one target in Yorkshire which is the Forgemasters plant in Sheffield. Phew, what a relief, although bad luck Sheffield!  Meanwhile, Mark Rutte, NATO’s Secretary General is telling us that we will have to engage in war just like our grandparents and great grandparents did. I suspect there’s going to be a rush on Dad’s Army DVD box sets unless the Ruskies haven’t snapped them all up already for training purposes. The military-industrial complex has really got its teeth into this war of words. The US Congress has just approved a $900 billion defence budget, although in Trump’s terminology this may now be called a war budget. To think that once upon a time the greatest threat to civilisation was climate change. Today’s war talk seems like a massive distraction activity. The trouble is, that doesn't solve climate change.