Larry Johnson sees a 90% chance of war between Russia and "Europe"

"Europe" is in inverted commas because Europe is a geographical expression and includes European Russia, Belarus, Eastern Thrace and plenty of other places which are not in the EU. 

Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson 2 days ago: "It's probably a 90% certainty there is going to be a war between Russia and Europe."

Pepe Escobar, asked if war was a realistic possibility, said the situation is "complex" and "depends on European political elites, who are full of warmongers."

"Right now, among them we have the leadership of the European Commission – who are all, in essence, warmongers – as well as Europe's key governments, such as Germany, France, and Italy, which are located far away from Russia. However, the core of a militant NATO lies in Eastern Europe, just as the Americans wanted. This includes Poland, the Baltic states, Romania to some extent, and, of course, the Scandinavian countries. It is all very complicated. One could say there is a sort of consensus among these political elites – a completely mistaken one, of course – that war against Russia is inevitable. They are already persuading the European population to think about this war."