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GOVERNMENTS TELL US TO PREPARE FOR WAR: WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO PREVENT IT? Eighteen countries are urging citizens to prepare for emergencies. From natural disasters and blackouts to possible war. The Pentagon’s Fortress America initiative aims to keep major U.S. military bases operating for at least 90 days without outside support, with independent electricity, water, fuel, and communications, alongside weapons stockpiles and defense production. Britain’s “Be Ready” campaign asks households to store essentials for three days. Norway recommends a week without normal services, while Germany requires 18-year-old men to complete military-service questionnaires. Why has preparing for severe disruption become such an urgent international priority? Federal guidance already recommends several days of emergency supplies. These precautions address storms, earthquakes, cyberattacks, and other disasters, not just war. They do not prove governments know World War Three is coming. Still, with further U.S.–Iran confrontation possible, citizens deserve more than survival instructions. Where is the equally urgent push for diplomacy, de-escalation, and preventing a full-scale conflict? Prepare for emergencies, but demand accountability from the leaders making decisions that could trigger them. We cannot know their private motives. We can question whether protecting power and influence takes priority over preventing catastrophe. Soldiers, families, and civilians would bear the greatest cost, not just the officials at negotiating tables. Are governments preparing people for war, or conditioning them to accept it as inevitable? World War Three must never become something we simply plan to endure. The priority must be preventing it. What do we make of these warnings? @JayDyer joins to discuss.