Well then you can say WWIII started in first gulf war as well in 1991.
But not, that's not a WW.
Neither 911 attacks, covid or Ukraine.
When you will be seeing a ICBM flying over your head, then you can talk about WWIII
WW3 is started from what seems to be an insignificant conflict, a small war, that just happened here and there.
But that war is actually part of the big war because there's one country with one big purpose.
It's like NAZI Germans who attack entire Europe but claimed to be just a small conflict between NAZI Germany with one country only, but then another country and another country, up to entire Europe.
We can be deceived as what seems a small war between one vs "ones", but "ones" are many countries, and one is almost the entire Europe + USA + Israel.
With the continuous wars and now it arrives at Russia's door, in Ukraine.
The war is not just about missiles and tanks but also ignites the revolution, taking over the entire country without military power.
We can't deny that Arab Spings in Libya, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iran, are related to 9/11 and the Iraq invasion.
If Arabs Spring is part of the conflict, then Ukraine and Kazakstan flower revolutions are also part of it then. Including HK and Taiwan as well, the war with China.
If we sum all of them together, the scale, it's really really a massive and long war actually.
And up to today it's not yet over and still growing as now big countries like Russia and China are starting to join it.
I can understand if people won't recognize it because there's no nuclear weapon involved... yet!