re: What Would It Take To Start WW3?

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The reason for this is there are no alliances that would entangle any of the major powers to the point they'd have to fight over anything in the middle east.


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There are massive reserves of gas & oil there and as these countries jostle for control, the chances of a wider, at least regional, conflict grows.

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I see what you're saying, troy but there is one thing missing. No major world power is trying to gain control of the oil in the middle east through military means, nor does it appear likely that any will try this anytime in the foreseeable future. The only place where there is any question of control over major oil or gas resources at this time is in the South China Sea. It's possible there may be some similar development of tensions in the Arctic Ocean region between the US, Canada and Russia as well. But as for the middle east, there is little to no chance the major world powers come to conflict over control of the oil there.