On Levelheadedness. . .
( On Levelheadedness. . .) Quite a stir was created the other day when a "missile," apparently from Ukrainian territory impacted on the other side of the border in Poland, resulting in two fatalities. What was this ? Some new escalation by Vladimir Putin ? An attack on a NATO Member. The immediate declaration of Article V (an attack on one NATO member is an attack on all NATO members), with the consequence being a broader Western action ? Could this prove the start of the Third World War ? Fortunately for all concerned, the accompanying hyperventilation did not endure. Poland called for an Article IV, which allows for an investigation. It was suggested that the offending projectile could have been from an errant Ukrainian air defense system. In any event, it will be incidents such as this that, as long as the war continues, the danger of escalation will only persist and the next time something like this takes place and NATO "citizens" remain in harms' way, incre...