We are still expecting to stay out of the new European war, don't understand how profoundly things will change in a very few years.

Please read "The Fourth Turning Is Here" my Neil Howe. It pretty much explains everything.

The only entity that would start a war would be Russia and they can barely handle Ukraine. They’d have zero chance in places like Poland and Finland. The only country they may be able to conquer is Moldova but that’s far from a given.

invade Freedonia.

comparisons with 1928 or 1940 are impossible.

Just waiting for the inevitable assault we know that's coming from Mordor.