How do you think World War III will pan out?

[YouBecame]

I think that watching Dr Strangelove might answer this adequately!

 

[Tanis]

It'll end up being started by some kind of terrorist/religious group.

The UN will will be worthless, as per their usual, and then the EU or some Middle East nation.

The USA will be all 'we're the po-po of the world' and then Israel will do something stupid (like bomb Egypt or Iran) for a misguided or overly compensating reason.

After that the Christian Fundamentalists and their allies (like Sarah Palin and Pat Robinson) in the US of A will force the nation to 'protect Israel at all costs' and drag America into a worthless war.

After a decade of mass murder, rape, and all around screwed up violence against anyone not wearing the same hats or uniforms by all sides in the 'war' the UN and the EU will finally do something and it will fair.

After that China and/or India will 'ask to help' and be denied, and then join forces to slowly build an Empiric Alliance Against The West.

Another few years and something will happen.
Terrorist attack, accidental territory crossing by military units, ect.

Then all 'shit will hit the fan' and the world will be bombed back into the dark ages.
:/

 

[Kenko]

China Vs Rest of World

World: "Aw, balls"
China: "gg"

Pretty sure China would get a civil war on their hands if that happens. Considering how most of their population is suffering.

 

[Retardinator]

Nuke, followed by nuke...ended...

Either this or a reenactment of a game of Defcon.

 

[iLikeHippos]

Now that's just being cynical. And quite fair, paranoid...

No, if we focus on education amongst all, there'll be very little wars. Why do you think there are talibans to begin with?

because americans blow up their houses and they want vengance. But thats just now.
the old Taliban was formed when the Sovjets did the same thing the americans are doing now.
at wich point the Americans was supporting them, oh world, how random you are.

I do realise that isn't all thats too it, but if you simplify it somewhat thats whats behind it.

Indeed, it's only one but many reasons talibans continue to be. Mainly what should be focused is the education like the politicians are stating.
I mean, the children of today don't know much about the wars, and they don't feel vengeance towards Russia or USA (My guess is most of them anyhow)
The reasons the children grow up to fight as talibans isn't the same reason their parents became talibans, and certainly not under the same conditions.

Make the children educated and loved. And after that, gtfo their land, beetches.

 

[BlackMunz]

The US is still a larger market then the EU. The US is only challenged by China, but per capita the US is in a much, much stronger position. Then again it all depends on how you want to look at it. The EU has more people if you want to be as simple as that, but they have less purchasing power per person. Then again even in Canada where they have quite a bit less income then a person in the US doing the same job managed to run a spin program to keep people from taking jobs in the US that tried (mostly failed) to tell Canadians that the larger income results in less disposable income. If they can spin that, then I guess you can spin anything.

According to Wikipedia the nominal gdp of the EU is $16.447 trillion the nominl gdp of the US at $14.256 trillion and don't ignore the growth rates in both economys thats where the EU has its biggest advantage.
Furthermore the EU(except for France) is far more stable socially than the US.

 

[Danish rage]

It will be some kind of race/resource/religeous war against the middel eastern countries . It will be violent.And there will be deportations. The Western coalition forces will prevail on sheer technoligy in the end.

All of it will probably start over some provocative initative from some dictator, and will end in Us taking everything they have, then pulling our forces from the scorched earth they call a country and leave them in civil war and hunger.

war never changes...

 

[Leviathan_]

It's really going to suck for civilians.


That's all I know.

 

[Socius]

Now that's just being cynical. And quite fair, paranoid...

No, if we focus on education amongst all, there'll be very little wars. Why do you think there are talibans to begin with?

because americans blow up their houses and they want vengance. But thats just now.
the old Taliban was formed when the Sovjets did the same thing the americans are doing now.
at wich point the Americans was supporting them, oh world, how random you are.

I do realise that isn't all thats too it, but if you simplify it somewhat thats whats behind it.

Indeed, it's only one but many reasons talibans continue to be. Mainly what should be focused is the education like the politicians are stating.
I mean, the children of today don't know much about the wars, and they don't feel vengeance towards Russia or USA (My guess is most of them anyhow)
The reasons the children grow up to fight as talibans isn't the same reason their parents became talibans, and certainly not under the same conditions.

Make the children educated and loved. And after that, gtfo their land, beetches.

sir, I approve you point of view! very much so!

 

[Thorinair]

Here's how it will go down: Israel will nuke Palestine, prompting a return fire from them and their allies. The US will go to help them, along with any allies they may have, the UK most likely. So there will be a big 'ol war going on there. Then eventually it will get so bad that nukes will be launched a second time, from the US towards Palestine. Then, the world will have a giant nuking contest, mostly between Returning Champion America and Challenger China. Then, all the world will be ash. And then, rising from the ashes, Antartica will reign supreme, and all her penguins will take over the world Planet Of the Apes style.

THE END

 

[BonsaiK]

How do you think World War III will pan out? (Let's be honest, there is going to be one)

I'd say highly unlikely, actually. I've been hearing "World War III is just around the corner" for decades now, and so far it's just been a bunch of lame scaremongering by the same twits who think 2012 is significant or that Nostradamus had any clue about anything other than the true extent of human gullibility. Just because Hollywood does things in threes doesn't mean reality follows suit.

If a WWIII or something like it does happen (which it probably won't), nukes won't be used. They're old technology. Newer weapons get the job done cleaner and neater, with less fuss and less mess. Dropping nukes is bad for PR and even worse for getting the job done. All wars are about control of territory and resources (regardless of what other excuses are put in place to motivate people to fight, such as "religion", "freedom" etc), and this is likely to become a more heated issue in the future as certain countries face resource shortfalls, so contaminating an enemy territory with radiation so the conquering force can't harvest anything out of the land makes no goddamn sense at all.

should this belong in Religion/Politics?

Yes.

 

[THEfog101]

this may seem a bit clichéd but it's going to be U.S against Russia, most likely all the "west" allies will team-up with the U.S and the middle eastern countries will team-up with Russia.

I highly doubt that M.A.D will happen as there will plenty of anti-missile (ICBM) technology thus preventing any large scale of nuclear weaponry.

Both side's only have so much Anti Missile reserves they can use, even if they are intercepted mid air, the resulting nuclear fallout will cause mass ecological damage and i would not be surprised if it was to climax to a nuclear winter.

 

[mad825]

Both side's only have so much Anti Missile reserves they can use, even if they are intercepted mid air, the resulting nuclear fallout will cause mass ecological damage and i would not be surprised if it was to climax to a nuclear winter.

well supposing that they are using lasers I'm sure they could do it for a while and even then there would very little "fallout" due to the premature detonation doesn't cause a nuclear explosion (implosion, to be pedantic).
the ecological impact might be fairly minimal, depending on were the derbies landed and the weather conditions.

 

[Protocol95]

Can I say I don't think it will happen? Because if not,

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein

 

[Tsunimo]

I'm expecting some of the smaller countries to rise up against the superpowers, they will be lead by... America!
lets face it folks, by the time WWIII comes around, americas gunna be broke as shit

 

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[iThinkCat]

I don't think nukes will play as big of a threat as people think they will. We have missle defense systems to shoot down every cruise-missle and ICBM in the world. Trust me when I say our country isn't stupid enough to stock less anti-missles than missles. We are well aware that if nukes were to be used we would HAVE to intercept ALL of them. We even have laser defenses capable of neutralizing a missle without detonationg them. Stealth and unconventional weapons will be what define conventional warfare in the future. So far, the US is the only nation with a stealth bomber or fighter capable of carrying nuclear payloads, but that could change within the next decade or two. Mind you, as other people have mentioned, nukes will be tactical and percise with very little collateral. Railguns will prove to be highly effective and nearly impossible to counter due to the slug's extremely high velocity. Guerilla warfare will trump any large army movements. Most of all though, militaries will play a very small role in the next world war.

I think people are neglecting to point out the economic and information attacks that will be exploited. They will play the biggest roles if there is ever another world war. Cyberspace will be the new battle field with communications being cut, blackouts for entire nations, meltdowns of reactors, cyber jacking of military assets as well as national funds, etc. War will not only be defined by the geographical borders we live in, but also by the logical ones we can not see.