If You Think World War III Is Unimaginable, Read This https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-11/what-would-america-loo... You might have thought that, having so recently lost a small war, Americans would have no difficulty picturing the consequences of losing a large one. But the humiliating abandonment of Afghanistan in 2021 has been consigned with remarkable swiftness to the collective memory hole.