{"id":1070,"date":"2024-11-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/scenechange\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2024-10-30T19:57:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:57:21","slug":"of-all-the-times-ive-wanted-to-be-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/scenechange\/2024\/11\/01\/of-all-the-times-ive-wanted-to-be-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Commentary: Of All the Times I\u2019ve Wanted to be Wrong\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Remember that war we talked about in February and March?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Has it already started? (Image by HUNG QUACH from Pixabay).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In two days, there’s a time change. After two more, a consequential and particularly ugly US election. And yet, here we are again, talking about war. Only this time, it’s not just me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 27<\/a> and March 5<\/a> of this year, we published two consecutive articles about the inevitable war that will start within the next six years. Unfortunately for all of us, that timetable may be on the optimistic side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Michael Smerconish of CNN<\/a> quoted a September 16, 2024 article from Walter Russell Mead of the Wall Street Journal<\/a> (which is paywalled), entitled \u201cU.S. Shrugs as World War III Approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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