Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
Hang on, you’re the one who specified a date. Did anything that resembled a formal declaration of war happen on 9 August? I think it’s a fair point thatit often doesn’t need that formal declaration for it to be clear that there is a war going on, but specifying a date like you did rather invalidates that argument. Also, the Pope was talking about World War 3 for months before August 9, so did you disagree with him back in, say, June?
Yes, I did expect a direct military conflict between Russian and NATO forces earlier. Naturally, I'm pleased to be wrong.

The Pope did state what was plain earlier as you stated.