Some clarification.
As to the questions posed by jgnat I will clarify my position. The USA and most countries on Earth will survive the war intact. Eating, drinking, marrying, buiness, school, Hollywood - it will continue throughout the war and after its resolution. I'm not suggesting that the USA mainland will be attacked - Europe and the Middle East will be the theatres of war (WW1;WW2) and its highly likely we will be watching the drama unfold on CNN. Russia has strategic access to Europe (Remember the war with Georgia?) and the Middle East (Remember their invasion of Afghanistan?). So no doubt we will all be blogging about it in the near future...
PS There was a time when most people in Britain, the continent (Europe) and USA believed the interconnected, mutually beneficial world trade system would disuade nations from war...then came 1914.