Also
-US supporting Georgia against Russia

-Huge fall in Wall Street

-Hugo Chavez kicking out Americans

It seems to me that it is going to be US and other small nations vs Communist concept Nations. The European nations doesn't seem to care.

WW3 will be with the US on one side, that much is clear already. We're in the position.

I won't say no, because I read an article written by some scholarly dude that was published right after Franz Ferdinand's assassination saying something like "The European nations won't go into a war that would devastate the world. We are too civilized. We have come too far to let something like that happen." I wish I could find it, because it was chilling to know what was about to come, although many "intellectuals" thought it wouldn't.

It's about time something REALLY interesting happened.

I fear Nuclear Holocaust...

God help us if there is a World War III..

WWIV will be fought with stick and stones!

Europe doesn't care because they have the economics and intelligence to not instigate wars and attempt to control all foreign affairs.

The financial crisis is not going to be a catalyst for war; in fact, financial crises are just the opposite. A time of financial depression focuses stresses inward, fomenting domestic discontent. If anything, we may see a country or two collapse into chaos, but there will certainly not be a world war as a result of the current situation on Wall Street.

Hahahaha.
This is the most hilarious thing I've read in a while, thanks!

Eh. I've been following all of these stories very closely, and it does bear a strange resemblance to how WWII started. However, if it's a complete duplicate, then the US should've been nuked right after WWII. I really think that the US is completely responsible for all these tensions. Hopefully that would change with the next president, but there's still time for things to burst under Bush. Probably not WWIII, though - the main causes for it seem to be being blocked by the European Union, at least for now.

The US has been supplying many, many countries with weapons that antagonize other powers. The most obvious examples are Pakistan, Georgia and Israel. Israel antagonizes Iran and Russia. Pakistan antagonizes India (although, general relations between the US and India are fine. Probably not much of a problem). Georgia antagonizes Russia.

The main catalyst for any possibility of WWIII is NATO. Any NATO members is obliged to protect other members when those are attacked. If NATO accepts Georgia or Ukraine, Russia might strike, and the US might take it as their cue to teach some communists a lesson. I expect Europe will do its best not to fight - they certainly don't want to piss the US off, but Russia can cut off 40% of their oil and natural gas (on average). If Iran and other such countries join in, even more gas'll be cut off. Especially in winter, that'll be nasty.

What'll happen to the US? Standard military procedures, of course: No criticizing the government, etc. As for everything else, oil prices will skyrocket. Iran can greatly reduce the oil Saudi Arabia sends to the US, though no one can do anything about Canada sending it.

As for Nuclear War, it could happen at some point if WWIII actually broke out. Let's hope it doesn't, shall we? I'm counting on someone involved not to continue the chain.

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The eightball says, "maybe."

I would expect an 'Ask again later' .

Financial crisis would be the perfect reason to jump in. Think about it, all our corporations supplying military goods would get an epic boost in sales, perfect to get some money around..

That's what happened during WWII. It greatly helped the Depression.

deficit spending got us out of the depression, not the war.

If there would be anything related to World War III, there is a very high chance if McCain is elected as President of the United States. If he dies, Palin as President would definitely declare war upon Russia. And there are many countries that will be remaining neutral as they would oppose the war. With a probable exception of the United Kingdoms siding the United States.

Without mentioning them, the United States wouldn't declare war upon Russia anyways unless Russia declares war upon the United States. Remember, the United States were first neutral in both World Wars, it would be stupid if the United States declared war against others despite the problems the United States are already going through. The only war the United States should remain on would be the war on Afghanistan.

Good God, I wish no one ever invented religion. I'm not an athiest or anything, but if there was no religion there would be no terrorism, or wars, etc. Personally, I don't believe this one bit though.

Are you that ignorant? Blaming religion? You've got to be kidding me. Everyone by now should know that MONEY is the real problem right now. Even in the crusades, the Crusaders wanted to pillage and take all the treasures and goods from the Ottomans and the Arabs, as did them.

No.

As many may have noticed, I'm taking an anti-American stance on this. I'll ask people to think about the arguments instead of yelling 'America hater' .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7623555.stm
I really hope that the rest of the US's foreign policy isn't going to be dictated by Condi's idiocy. If she wants to yell the same thing over and over and over and isn't catching on that she has no say in any matter, that bodes poorly for those who want an intelligent administration.

I'll sum up the things I personally think are provoking a new WWII:
Russian assertiveness. US imperialism. Iran nuclear plan. North Korean nuclear plan. Weakening global economy. Middle Eastern discord. And, possibly, China's coming back as a world almost-superpower. They're awfully passive these days, though.

Nothing about India and Pakistan eh? Everyone's too scared of nukes to really have a world war again. As much as Europe hates the US, all of Europe and the US would unite in the war, since it's stupid to challenge the most powerful nation in the world. The only way to beat the US is through terrorism/guerrilla warfare in a US occupied nation.

That being said, the only way to actually do any damage to the US with a nuke would be terrorism, and it's fucktardedly hard to actually get said nuke into the US. The best way would be to weather the canadian/alaskan north and ship it through the canadian border. Alternatively, I suppose you could just blow up a port, but good luck with that.

If it does happen (I hope so), I'll just hide in my igloo playing starcraft 2.

The reason that I want it to happen is so that all of the complaining about everything else would be more directed to something that is ACTUALLY "bad"", and not something that can't even be fixed. Like fucking global warming, no matter what happens it's going to happen. If WW3 starts, everyone will just complain about that, and want it to end; SOMETHING THAT CAN ACTUALLY FUCKING HAPPEN for once.

Also, there are way to many humans in this world. Needs to reduce population.
Bonuses to reduced population:
-Less people using gas (Hurray for people who want to prevent/stop global warming)
-Less food devoured
-Less stuff wasted
-animals saved
-forrests saved

It's all the good things... if WW3 happens, the only bad thing is that people's loved ones die. That's life though.

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