World War III won't start with a press release warning us that it begins tomorrow. But look at what's happening in Europe. 🇩🇪 Germany is preparing its healthcare system for a scenario of up to 1,000 wounded soldiers per day. 🇵🇱🇱🇹 Poland and Lithuania are working on mass population evacuation plans in the event of a possible conflict. 🇸🇪🇩🇪 Sweden and Germany are rehearsing the rapid deployment of 1,500 troops to Gotland, right in the middle of the Baltic. 🇫🇮 Finland is alerting its population to sabotage, drones, and possible attacks on infrastructure. 🇱🇻 Latvia is preparing protocols to respond immediately to incursions without waiting for collective NATO decisions. 🇨🇭 Switzerland has just approved a new security and defense strategy in response to the deteriorating situation in Europe. 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom is asking its population to be prepared with household reserves of food and water for emergencies. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg had to temporarily close its airport due to unidentified drones. And all this while Europe accelerates its rearmament and its leaders increasingly speak with casual ease about preparing for a possible confrontation with Russia. The question isn't whether the war starts tomorrow. The question that should truly terrify us is another: Why is half of Europe being prepared—psychologically, economically, and militarily—to assume that a war with Russia could happen? Because wars don't start when the first tank rolls in. They start much earlier, when what was absolutely unthinkable yesterday begins to seem normal to us.