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RandySF

(58,899 posts)
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 12:10 AM Feb 2022

"You are likely in the last few hours of peace on the European continent for a long time to come."


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Martha Raddatz
@MarthaRaddatz
Three hours before the invasion began I got this sobering message here in Ukraine from a senior pentagon official “You are likely in the last few hours of peace on the European continent for a long time to come. Be careful “
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"You are likely in the last few hours of peace on the European continent for a long time to come." (Original Post) RandySF Feb 2022 OP
From a senior Pentagon official. hedda_foil Feb 2022 #1
"The lamps are going out all over Europe..." First Speaker Feb 2022 #2
Takes my breath away. hamsterjill Feb 2022 #3
That just gave me gooseflesh all over Hekate Feb 2022 #4
Did this senior Pentagon official miss the last Deminpenn Feb 2022 #5

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
2. "The lamps are going out all over Europe..."
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 12:25 AM
Feb 2022

"...they will not be lit again in our lifetimes." Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Minister, 1914.

Deminpenn

(15,286 posts)
5. Did this senior Pentagon official miss the last
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 12:45 AM
Feb 2022

60+ years? There have been continual wars in one place or another all along.

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