"The US President threatened to slaughter millions of innocent people who have zero control over the actions of their leaders on TV last night. That is how fucked the world has become."

I should like to commend this as Mudcat Sentence (or two) Of The Month. Even though I never swear like that here!

I see a massive country rattling its high-tech nuclear sabres at another country rattling it's totally low-tech ramshackle sabres. And in the wings we have a rather stern massive China, staring fiercely at both, (nuclear) arms akimbo. Standoffs look so dramatic and they make really good Hollywood. But the whole bloody thing is so puerile. Most wars, hot or cold, are fought between good guys and bad guys. This one is utter twats vs utter twats. One side may well be more utter than the other, but that's up to you to decide.