I believe its nearing.

Korea,some countries in the middle east vs the UN


discuss

4/12/2007 11:55:33 AM

i'll discuss

ibtl

4/12/2007 12:00:18 PM

UN?

4/12/2007 12:00:45 PM

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"vs the UN"

haha, if it happens, there might be some UN countries involved, but never a UN sponsored world war.......as a matter of fact WWIII would probably cause the UN to collapse (see league of nations).

4/12/2007 12:01:38 PM

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"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will likely be fought with sticks and rocks."

4/12/2007 12:26:35 PM

^ Sticks and rocks? Whoever said that obviously never watched Mad Max.

4/12/2007 12:45:25 PM

^^ the quote I read said stones, not rocks.

but I'm too lazy to look it up

4/12/2007 12:54:48 PM

^^ PWNT

4/12/2007 1:10:10 PM

the UN?

ftw?




WW3 will happen from places we least expect it. And right now the players in the world do not fit that mold.

4/12/2007 1:37:50 PM

The closest thing to World War III will probably occur in Eastern Asia. Other regions don't have nearly the same combination of large militaries, sophisticated weapons systems, powerful economies, firey nationalism, and multiple flashpoints needed to create the massive scale of violence required to rival the previous World Wars.

It may be Korea, but that could easily be kept within the penninsula; I think the Chinese will to back the North Koreans directly is beginning to fade (or they may just invade themselves if the North Korean regime collapses). I would bet on an escalation of the Taiwanese crisis to lead to the massive bloodletting and hundreds of thousands of military casualties and millions of civilian deaths and general global economic disruptions required to qualify as a full World War.

The Middle East is full of the factors to motivate a war, but I don't think that the current governments have the firepower and organization required for sweeping advances. I would imagine more like something that we have in Iraq right now or the long, drawn out skirmishes that made up the original Gulf War (Iran-Iraq War). Unless the Israelis start dropping nukes. Then God help us all.

Oh, need to mention India and Pakistan as well. If those two decide to finally do a full nuclear throwdown, then things would get very messy very quickly. However, they seem to be doing a better job of managing tensions these days, so one can hope...

[Edited on April 12, 2007 at 2:11 PM. Reason : Forgot to mention South Asia.]

4/12/2007 2:10:13 PM

world war III: 1945-1991

world war IV: 2001-????

4/12/2007 2:23:37 PM

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"Are you ready for the Great Atomic Power Will you rise and meet your Savior in the air? Will you laugh or will you cry When the fire comes rolling nigh Are you ready for the Great Atomic Power?"

4/14/2007 11:24:48 PM

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"WW3 will happen from places we least expect it. And right now the players in the world do not fit that mold."

Switzerland. They've just been biding their time...

4/17/2007 9:50:45 AM

Switzerland vs New Zealand

4/17/2007 9:59:08 AM

Lichtenstein v. Luxemborg

4/17/2007 10:00:46 AM

England vs. Argentina

Falklands War II

OH WE BACK

4/17/2007 10:19:12 AM

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"Lichtenstein v. Luxemborg Andorra"

4/17/2007 10:32:11 AM

I'm serious. Tell me this guy couldn't kick some ass

4/17/2007 10:56:15 AM

4/17/2007 5:05:28 PM

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"England vs. Argentina Falklands War II OH WE BACK"

ahaha

4/17/2007 5:13:47 PM

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"England vs. Argentina Falklands War II OH WE BACK"

I literally exploded into laughter for a full minute at this.

Congrats on teh funnae!

4/17/2007 7:04:54 PM