Originally Posted by DropKick

IMO WW3 is necessary for the world to live. Many need to die for over-population and the amount of money made during the world wars will benefit the economy. Or atleast it did it WW2 I will join the army if there is a WW3, call me cruel but I think the world (and the USA) needs a little war and death to 1. Bring us closer together 2. show the new generation (my generation essentially) that not everything is happy go lucky do whatever the fuck you want.


But then again I'm 15 and wtf do i know.

Originally Posted by Hippybob

Eh it's only a matter of time before America gets taken down from its pedestal. I hope a war doesn't start because i'm 835% sure Australia will side with America despite its close proximity to Asia.

Originally Posted by missuse

here are a few thoughts.

I think the likelihood of ww3 happening is very slim, simply because all the superpowers are aware that in a time of such sophisticated nuclear weaponry the outcome of such would be very unsure.
Sure, one can argue that ww3 could be waged with classic weapons, but imo, its only a matter of time when the loosing side would come to the point to use nuclear weapons, and after that there is no turning back.
Every superpower, and especially the US, likes when the money flows because of smaller conflicts (in their eyes) far away from US soil. But when it comes to a point when several missiles can wipe away millions of people, and when even the most richest are not immune, I think backing down slightly to prevent ww3 is the only logical course of action.
That being said, its quite certain that Syria conflict will lead to an even higher tightening of relations between US, Russia and China for sever years. Its quite probably that in some time there will be a US intervention in Syria (simply because its their priory to act as a corrupt world cop), but quite possibly they will not be on the side of the rebels, but on the side of Assad, because of pressure from Rus and simply because a big part of the rebels are extremist forces closely related to terrorist organizations, US is so bumped up on stopping (one can argue that if the US ceased to exist now, the worlds terrorism would at least halve, if not reduce it self even more).
In any case Syria is fucked, and it will not return the to pre-war state in 30 years or more. Afghanistan all over again.

I've read quite an interesting article in a PC magazine I follow, about nuclear war being the only possible way a new renaissance of man would occur. Quite an interesting opinion.

Originally Posted by Vin786

Very interesting topic, the tension is just starting to build up. Only a matter of time before someone makes the wrong move.