<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MLibid @ Apr 9 2007, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If that happens, I think World War III can soon develop. But what do I know, I don't really know anything about politics and not that much about war....</div>WWIII is simply a media device to scare us all and is very unlikely. Here's the causes of the first two world wars and their current effectsNationalism - is at an alltime low worldwideImperialism - dittoMilitarism - see previous twoSystem of alliances - are not woven very thickAll the superpowers being at odds with one another - not hereMost of the world is relatively uninvolved in the middle east. There could be a big war, but not a world war as asia doesn't care (unless DPRK gets involved) and Europe doesn't care. And it's not the countries, it's groups within the countries that are doing terrorist activities.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Apr 9 2007, 05:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>WWIII is simply a media device to scare us all and is very unlikely. Here's the causes of the first two world wars and their current effectsNationalism - is at an alltime low worldwideImperialism - dittoMilitarism - see previous twoSystem of alliances - are not woven very thickAll the superpowers being at odds with one another - not hereMost of the world is relatively uninvolved in the middle east. There could be a big war, but not a world war as asia doesn't care (unless DPRK gets involved) and Europe doesn't care. And it's not the countries, it's groups within the countries that are doing terrorist activities.</div> Exactly, the world is so much different than it was back in the 30's. The world economy is so strong and intertwined that I could not see a world war resulting over a middleeastern issue....The WW3 thing is just a stupid media phrase thats thrown out.
I just wanted to point out something that my dad showed me and I thought it was pretty funny. Recently Ahmadinejad was quoted saying something like they would "cut the hand" of anyone who invaded. And reading through the whole article it seemed like they were saying he would literally do that, but translated it's a saying in Farsi that means to keep them out or something like that.
