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Originally Posted by ~Ray
Two major events that could spark war don't you think?
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Could.... But highly unlikely. If you look back over history, every year there is a major event that has people saying "Is this the start of World War Three?". We've forgotten most of them.
People also fails to understand the concept of a world war. A world war would involve dozens of countries with massive armies facing off, and tens of millions would die. However, there isn't too many counties who could field a huge army and it might just be irrelevant - the entire nature of warfare has changed. WWII took as long as it it did because armies were fighting across large tracts of territory, be it ocean in the Pacific or land in Europe. Blitzkrieg was sixty years ago; Now the moment the battle starts it doesn't take hours to reach the top of the government, it takes moments.
I just finished reading a book about the Iraq war written by an Iraqi general who ran the communications for the Iraqi government and military. It was a huge underground bunker, and the very first shots fired destroyed it and destroyed their ability to communicate.
The only way we'll see WW3 is if nukes are involved, and if that's the case.... There won't be much to worry about because we'll all die.