re: What Would It Take To Start WW3?

This is all nice, but it would not even be fair at the current point with how superior our Naval and Air ofrces are compared to the rest of the world. Yes China and Russia may have more total numbers, and probably greater production capacity for a war effort, because of how their current economies are structured, but as someone said in an earlier thread, how would they get over here? The U.S. as well noted by liberals has the nucleur capacity to the destroy the world 3X , so we are in good shape there as well. First though would accidently drop one on Pyongyang, and that nutcase, who no one actually believes is in power, other than for simple fact of keeping the face to an idea. His grandfather was in absoulte control, and his father had a lot of control, but this dude is merely a pupper. It is well documented he is just a child, going abck to his days in Switzerland.

Could see Putin also stabbing China and the rest of SE Asia in the back and just taking them all over and making a new Soviet Block, would be comical.

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Russia is easily the biggest WWIII threat

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they can't even take a portion of ukraine without being sent into economic shambles. you think they can fight a world war?

Younger folks probably ought to buy a copy of the movie "The Day After". That looked pretty bad, and was hypothesized to be minute compared to the real thing. USSR got all pissed off when the movie showed on TV because it made it look like they started the war. Some serious talking started shortly thereafter, and it really got serious after Reagan started talking about Star Wars Missile Defense System. That just about scared the shite out of the Russians.

Nuclear warfare these days could end the world.

Both of the kids have guns in their pockets, and one of them is severely outclassed in a hand-to-hand fight. It's a pretty scary scenario.

I also believe it is arrogant for us to believe we have Russia and china completely outclassed on the conventional battlefield. Germany was able to produce the worlds most powerful army, at the time, while under sanction. Do you truly believe that we know everything that the Commies have. I realize we have satellites and blackbirds but countries are very adept at concealing things they wish to conceal. The CIA's record is also not stellar on all fronts so I wouldn't take what they say as gospel.

Also remember that the most fleeting secrets are military secrets. Once something is unveiled on the battlefield other countries quickly figure out technology and employ it for themselves. The Commies have had over a decade to watch our conventional military machine work with everything we have in the middle east. It is foolish to believe they haven't watched us like hawks.

why is there such a fascination with world war 3? its always people not in the military who have wet dreams about this kind of stuff

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all the people in here saying that WW III is going on right now don't understand what the frick "World War" means

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well enlighten us then.

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well enlighten us then.

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Shouldn't it be pretty easy to do a Google search? Here's a result, Wikipedia's definition of a "world war":

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A world war is a war involving some of the world's most powerful and populous countries. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theaters.

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I don't see how any of the conflicts going on right now fit this definition.

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They even named it "The War To End All Wars". They were proven wrong in about 20 years.


Please explain how they were proven wrong.

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So that whole Hitler, Stalin thing... Ever hear of em? Maybe FDR, Tojo, Churhill? Ring any bells?