World War 3

[MonsterPK]

It is a great irony that the nature of war, reveals the nature of those who fight.

IMO, the question isn't if ww3 is going to happen, I think the question should be, when, and where.

Think Syria and Ukraine, international relationships are being strained, they were never that good to begin with.

There will come a time when their political battles become more than just politics.

There will only be enough room for one superpower, all the current competitors are spending most of their GDP on military strength.

US desperate for resources to save economy. It also has the worlds strongest military.

China-Russia-Iran alliance. US wants to invade Iran.

It doesn't take much to trigger a war.

Thoughts?

 

With the advanced technology and weaponry we have today, politicians are aware that there would be no winner.

 

[_Corey_]

I agree with the two above. I don't think anyone is stupid enough to start a third world war because of the risk of truly ending everything for us here on earth. The situation in Ukraine is all sorts of fucked up, I completely agree but I think with a little time it will all sort itself out. I'm more worried about North Korea/South Korea& the US. North Korea is fucking bongers and honestly might not care if the world ends.

 

If Russia begin war in Ukraine, now that they're stationed in Ukraine, then I feel as though America may interfere in another dispute that's none of their business because it's not a secret that Obama and Putin aren't to pally. The EU will have to intervene if an EU country starts being attacked. And perhaps Russia would then look at North Korea for assistance. North Korea is headed by a young, inexperienced leader and I wouldn't put it past him to jump at the chance to prove his 'manhood' or leadership. He doesn't care about his people, they're just pawns for his playing with. China are also pretty closely allied with Russia and NK.

Who knows.

 

Mutually Assured Destruction. This conflict can only escalate to a certain point before MAD halts its progress, in my opinion. That being said, other countries are beginning to intervene. Canada's Prime Minister recently told Putin to withdraw his troops from Ukraine, and pulled his rep out of Russia, withdrew his country from the G8 summit being chaired by Russia, and officially recognized the Ukrainian government.

 

Situation is much more calm than few hours ago, Putin talked with Angela Merkel and he agreed on international cooperation in Ukraine.

 

[Naxious]

Situation is much more calm than few hours ago, Putin talked with Angela Merkel and he agreed on international cooperation in Ukraine.

Putin is not trusted. He just shows his face in the name of democracy but Russia still runs on communism though it known as "Democracy"

 

[reddogwwa]

I don't really disagree with you that a war is in the future, because to say something isn't going to happen is just silly. Especially a war, there's always some form of conflict going on!

A world war 3 however I couldn't see happening for a very very long time! I feel like "world war" is loosely defined. A world war would have to be two or more super powers in a conflict....but where am I going with this? To me personally I consider the Cold War to be a world war. Simplified by a lot the US and Nato were going at it with USSR and the members of Warsaw.

There were a lot of wars during the "Official Cold War"...the cold war wasn't really that cold haha. There were a lot of wars going on during that were the a result of US and USSR's disagreement.

With the technology that super powers have today it would be complete and utter destruction where everyone loses...in the end USSR's new leader I think realized and took steps to avoid it...and thank god because the world as we know it would be completely different. Both sides won during this war.


Moral of that drawn out example, I don't think a world war 3 would happen unless the leader of "whatever country" was bat shit crazy and fired something at whichever nation.

 

[Banshee]

Eh USA flexing it's muscles in Iraq/Syria middle east etc..We're getting away with it, and now Russia is just doing the same and everyone condemns it as being wrong when a majority of the people in Ukraine welcome Russia to help them with the conflict.This is just all about seeing how much each country can get away with before someone intervenes and for the most part i doubt this will ever end due to the Weaponry we have today.The only way to win WWIII would to have superior Technology advancments with Viruses and other Maleware to somehow halt the PowerGrid / Missiles, Or by setting up some sort of missile defense system in Alaska / Eastern Europe, which right now Russia is securing so we can't set up any of our MD Systems in Ukrain, If WWIII were to happen i think it will still be awhile, right now the major countries are just moving the pawns around and trying to see what happens next.I highly doubt USA will intervene with the conflict in Russia seeing how we have little intere$t$ in the region, Which is basically why no-one really cares about NK ( No Resources ), War is based $ and Power..Japan wouldn't of got involved in WWII if we didn't stop supplying them with Oil, same can be said about Iraq/Afghanistan...The only reason Ukraine and NK is talked about so much is due to the fact that it's strategically placed next to two Superpowers (Ukraine=Russia), (NK=China), and there is no way either country will give up such a strategic advantage, same can be said about the Island dispute with China V Japan.The Cold War did end, but now Putin is trying to bring it back, the hype over the Soviet Era is higher than ever in Russia.

 

Funny when a few weeks ago he was sucking up Putin's ass for help with getting rid of the independence campaign. Now he's scaremongering. If Britain get involved in a war with Russia/Ukraine we're fucked. We have enough problems in our own country..

 

[2007gpsales]

theres a lot of tension between china and japan

 

[MonsterPK]

NK's goal since the Korean war was to reach nuclear, which they have achieved. This is to greatly deter a second U.S invasion, other than that they're really not that much of a threat as even with a large army, it has been proven time after time that attrition warfare is not effective.

On another note MAD only implies that our world leaders will not turn to WMDs during times of war. There are many ways a war can be fought without the use of WMDs, you can starve a country of resources, slowly turn their allies against them, or physically invade.

Think about how easily a war can start, there was only a short period of 21 years between the first and second world wars, even today countries are left bitter at the results of WW2. Governments trying to brainwash their population with war propaganda, many Americans consider NK, Russia and China to be a threat, and vice-versa.

Now with the Five Eyes alliance, or FEVY, consisting of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, and with the major powers in the east allied, I don't see why we're ruling out the possibility of war due to the fact that there are WMDs. Like I said before, there are many ways to fight a war without the use of WMDs.

The US dollar will not last forever, every year it becomes weaker and weaker in terms of international buying power, this is a reason to believe that the Americans are becoming desperate. Desperation leads to war, the only thing left going for the U.S is its military.

 

[Naxious]

The dollar isn't backed up by gold unlike currency in other countries. But we are seeking ourselves and there's lot of threat on eastern side of world

 

[buying obby maulers]

The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) are a group of nations that combined have a GDP a little more than that of the USA. However, in the international economy, Western nations like the USA and the UK are favored by businesses because democracy is seen as the most friendly towards corporations. As such, the interests of the world economy are generally the same as that of Western nations. Western Nations seek to establish democracy to prop up pro-western regimes that will reject the BRICS and support the West. As the USA is still by far the largest economic power in the world, they can cripple a country like Russia or China's economy by banning exports. Both countries rely heavily on foreign cash flow; Russia with oil exports, and China with cheap manufacturing. Because these two countries could be cut off from their incomes due to events under the current, moderate regimes, the economy will begin to fail, causing people to turn to more radical ideological regimes and demand more drastic steps be taken. Therefore, the situation will escalate twofold if Russian oil exports are restricted by the USA.

 

[DownShore]

that should be an event for runescape ww3 and just everyone has brawl in level 50 wild

 

[deathoria]

Well one thing is for sure. if there is another war. it would escalate very quickly. i do not want to be alive to witness it.

 

Well at least Australia is in the middle of nowhere so if there was a war it would more then likely be somewhere in the northern hemisphere, far, far away

 

[vtrupee35]

China x/ With China being a complete "bully" in the South China Sea and ignoring peaceful solutions with neighboring countries, I really fear that there will be war soon I just hope to get out of Asia before that happens.

 

[Wolf83]

My brother is currently on 'call' right now in the Marines, can get sent at any moments notice..

My thoughts though, if anything huge were to happen, there would be no winner, but just a world full of ash.

 

[Fracesoaq]

WW3 won't happen unless a political leader is suicidal and doesn't give 2 shits.