Will There Be A WWIII

WW3

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Seen a similar poll/thread on another site.

With all the violence going on in the world right now with nukes,missles,terrorist,etc.. How many of you think that we will see a World War 3 in the coming years?

I am setting up a poll. Please vote, please don't turn this into a democrat/republican or whatever debate. I don't want to see this thread get the axe.

I think we will see a ww3 in the coming years.
 
I don't think that there will be a WW3, basically the previous wars that were referred to as world wars had to do with 2 very large, competitive, united groups of states (sovereign nations). The United States vs. the USSR for example. Since the fall of the United Soviet Socialist Republics there isn't a powerhouse of a Nation that can equal the threat of the United States' war machine. No country is willing to face total annihilation in order to cause us harm. Now that is not to say that a whole bunch of other countries couldn't gang up on the US, but I don't see that as feasible in the modern world either.

Today since there are so many multinational corporations extending into so many different countries across the globe for one country to wipe out another at the level of a World War could do more harm than good to the industries that the attacking country relies on.

I am a political science major though so a lot of my information is based on theory and history and as such could probably be brought down with an argument that I have never considered before because I have only ever discussed this type of topic with other students in my classes where we are all regurgitating information that we heard in other classes.

Interesting topic though.

I don't see the EU as being an overt military power, and even if it was being able to threaten the US physically, we are too spread out to be wiped out in a single first strike attack and the countries of the European Union are too packed together which would allow our weapons to cause a more significant impact.
 
I'm not sure there will be a resolution to the violence, but I'm not sure that this will lead to WWIII.
 
I don't think that there will be a WW3, basically the previous wars that were referred to as world wars had to do with 2 very large, competitive, united groups of states (sovereign nations).
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You may want to recheck some of your info.

"J"
 
Not much for political discussion, but it seems to me we already have WWIII.
It seems like almost every part of the world is involved in some sort of conflict.

Charles
 
I think that there will positively be a WWIII. I don't think it will happen in my lifetime though.....he says hopefully.

The stuff going on now around the globe will not start it, something in the future will.
 
I think that there will positively be a WWIII. I don't think it will happen in my lifetime though
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With the way things are going in the middle east and with the problems North Korea is causing I think WWIII is about to begin the big player to watch is China who may or maynot join up with NK if Bush tries to mess with NK it is very intresting times we live in ...
 
I believe a war between world powers and Nuclear armed nations is reality.

This planet has been at war since the recording of history...mostly for religious reasons...now today we have religious ..terrorism..fanatical leaders..and soon to be Natural Resource gains..all it is going to take is one of the 3rd world nuclear armed nations leader to have a bad hair day...

I know some people will say.." They have more smarts than that" well do they...they send in their own people to self destruct..they preach hate..they brain wash general population..

or they refuse to dis band their uranium enrichment facilities...or test new delivery systems....

years ago these were deterents used in the cold war..now I believe it is a race to some day use them....

N. Korea is the one to watch..that guy is truly a nut and so is his son...

I believe if Suddam had them..he would of used them...If and so he had chemical and biological weapons and used them..he knew the US would have resorted to tactical nukes...not the big boomers..but just the land clearers..what other option would you have....loose 300,000 men or pull back and clean house....


I just hope they do not happen in my kids time...but the clock is ticking...

common sense went by the way side...now it is hate and power that rule a mans mind that has no sence...very destructive ways of thought..

Al
 
With fuel being the life blood of practically every consumer nation in the world I think that the possibility of war eminent. The closer we get to end of the oil reserves for heat, transportation, and industry the closer we get to world war.

I agree that China is something to consider now that the people are getting there first taste of what it means to have a life. There fuel needs will become exponentially greater as there new consumer lifestyle starts to reap the benefit of the mass workforce that is there just waiting to have the flood gates opened to consumerism.

What would we(United States) do if our fuel was slowly weaned to a trickle or worse shut off completely?

The only thing that will stave off this eminent threat will be the adaptation to alternative fuels.
 
Energy sources shall change.. the same way that it has done in the past,
Homes were heated in the past by wood and coal, now it is done by gas, oil and electric (not too many people are heating their modern homes strickly by wood or coal). People used to get around by horse then they had internal combustion engines, now a gas/electric hybrid is normal.
It's all part of evolution... if you want something to go to war over...food is the thing that will do it.

JMHO
"J"
 
LastDetail said:
I don't think that there will be a WW3, basically the previous wars that were referred to as world wars had to do with 2 very large, competitive, united groups of states (sovereign nations). The United States vs. the USSR for example. Since the fall of the United Soviet Socialist Republics there isn't a powerhouse of a Nation that can equal the threat of the United States' war machine. No country is willing to face total annihilation in order to cause us harm. Now that is not to say that a whole bunch of other countries couldn't gang up on the US, but I don't see that as feasible in the modern world either.

Today since there are so many multinational corporations extending into so many different countries across the globe for one country to wipe out another at the level of a World War could do more harm than good to the industries that the attacking country relies on.

I am a political science major though so a lot of my information is based on theory and history and as such could probably be brought down with an argument that I have never considered before because I have only ever discussed this type of topic with other students in my classes where we are all regurgitating information that we heard in other classes.

Interesting topic though.

I don't see the EU as being an overt military power, and even if it was being able to threaten the US physically, we are too spread out to be wiped out in a single first strike attack and the countries of the European Union are too packed together which would allow our weapons to cause a more significant impact.
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You might want to take a look at China and the Arab Nations. You may have a political science background however being in the military with multiple security clearances there is alot of information that doesnt make it to the mainstream public...JMO
 
runnerbl said:
being in the military with multiple security clearances there is alot of information that doesnt make it to the mainstream public...JMO
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The stuff I know right now could possibly shock a lot of you. But I'm over here right now and I can say we're headed in the right direction. When I'm back home, I really don't get as much information. They like to give it out on a need to know basis. No, I don't think there will be a WWIII any time soon.

I'm really disappointed to see that anyone actually clicked "who cares".
 
jaybs95 said:
Energy sources shall change.. the same way that it has done in the past,
Homes were heated in the past by wood and coal, now it is done by gas, oil and electric (not too many people are heating their modern homes strickly by wood or coal). People used to get around by horse then they had internal combustion engines, now a gas/electric hybrid is normal.
It's all part of evolution... if you want something to go to war over...food is the thing that will do it.

JMHO
"J"
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Well to be real honest without fossil fuels there would not be any food. No food industry, transportation, electricity. Farming the way it is done now cannot operate with out fossil fuel and feed the world. Without fuel we will all be freezing in the dark.....Hungry!!
 
cwcad said:
Well to be real honest without fossil fuels there would not be any food. No food industry, transportation, electricity. Farming the way it is done now cannot operate with out fossil fuel and feed the world. Without fuel we will all be freezing in the dark.....Hungry!!
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Wind, hydro, solar, nuculear, hydrogen and advancements in cold fusion.

Wind and water are 2 of the oldest and it doesn't seem like we have run out of them yet :wink:

Remember there was a person who looked at a horseless carriage and said it would never catch on :D

"J"

P.S.
Forgot about coal
 
Lot of good point made in this thread about war and fuel. Glad to see people voting and the thread staying on topic.

I can't beleive that 2 people voted who cares.
 
I see that there are possibilities that can make advancement of the production of power(in this case I am refering to fuel). The potential is not a reality..... Yet?

In reality there is not anything on the market that can power the equipment needed to maintain the system that feeds the world. Sure there are battery powered vehicles. Not one of them can load thirty ton of products and move down the road at 60 miles and hour. In order to till the soil of our nations farmland it will be interesting to see a sail on the tractors to pull the disc that tills the soil. Guess we can go back to shoveling coal into a boiler to build up steam to heat our homes but that would mean that someone would have to be home instead of working. My wife is not willing to do that. Nor am I.

Our food and power come from fossil fuels. Without a supply of fuel then we (united States) will go hungry. Once we as Americans start to go without, I wonder what our policy will be? Hungry and cold people become hawks awfully fast. I am sure it is the same for other populous countries that have or are creating the same ravenous need for fuel to meet the needs of their country. Who ever is the coldest and hungriest will be the one to start the world war of our future.
 
My personal opinion is that fossil fuels will still be very important to our lives for quite a few more years.
I do feel that alternative enegy sources will grow and probably rep;ace those fossil fuels as a main source of energy.
That will take time and money. When fuel hits $4 to $5 a gallon, we will probably take notice and decide we need to do something.
We only seem to react when it hits us in the pocketbook.

That said, here is a list of our crude oil suppliers from a while back. It is from Snopes and is probably fairly accurate, but I don't really know that.

Saudi Arabia: 16.9%
Mexico: 15.1%
Canada: 15.0%
Venezuela: 14.4%
Iraq: 11.4%
Nigeria: 5.9.%

Obviously, the supply from the Middle East is significant, but it isn't quite like we can't exist without it. My guess is that we could find more sources for oil supplies than those countries could find sources for money.
The U.S.A. does have some buying power and that buying power would most likely be missed.

Charles
 
Im hoping not like every one apart from the plank who says he does not care.
I think like others say the threats are nk and china it will be there turn one day to be the super power .
As i see it its a lot to do with the US wanting massive stocks of oil etc you complain about the prices of fuel yet people drive massive engined vehicles out there I never read on line any one who is concerned with fuel economy .
Or having an interst in down sizing to save resorcess ,greed will start future conflict and the general feeling is that your president volatile .
I dont support the stuff thats going on in far away but when you see how we have wrecked sadams country killed inocents etc its no wonder they hate the western world .
The iluminity rule a chosen few decide whats what presidents and prime ministers are just messenger boys in the real world.
thats my take on it the sooner we stop doing the invasion thing the better for all you only hear the properganda look into the conspiracy theries its war for cash as you guys say go figure.
 
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