World War III?

Question

Is what is happening in the Middle East today the start of World War III ?

Answer 1

Yes! But instead between sovereign countries, the war is between Islam and the rest (Christians, Jews, Hindus, etc.)
Its a world war because the fundamentalist Muslims are everywhere, not only in the middle east (travel to Europa and see them in every big city). If it was contained to the middle east then they wouldn't have bombed Spain, France, England and USA. Muslims now lives everywhere and their first loyalty is not to the country they live in but to their brothers the Muslims.

Answer 2

This is the issue with trying to pick apart news casts. Take them at face value. Every war, action or otherwise that the military becomes involved in always turns out to be "what could be the beginning of World War III". Our main concern should not be on the Middle East, but rather North Korea. If we were to engage in a "cold war" with the North Koreans, our entire society would become a financial pit and un-governed to the point of self-destruction.

Answer 3

A few of the more well known skirmishes in World War III:
- 1979 US Embassy Storming in Tehran, Iran
- 1983 US Marine Barracks Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon
- 1985 Achille Largo hijacking and murder of Leon Klinghofer
- 1988 death threats and fatwa on Salman Rushdie
- 1990-91 Persian Gulf War
- 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
- 1993 Black Hawk Down in Mogadishu, Somalia
- 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing in Saudi Arabia
- 1998 US Embassy Bombings
- 2000 USS Cole Bombing
- September 11, 2001
- 2001 Invasion of Afhanistan
- 2003 Invasion of Iraq
- 2004 Murder of Theo van Gogh
- 2004 Madrid Train Bombing
- Any day, any time in Israel, West Bank, Gaza

Fill in your own. The war is between the civilized world and Islamic fundamentalism.

Answer 4

Someone asks this question everyday I swear...

As for the Middle East conflict, I think it has the potential to go global but I believe that would only happen if the US or another "superpower" got involved. If you look at what is happening across the entire Middle East: Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, it affects everyone in the region and Western interests. So is what is happening today the start? I dont think so, but I believe its setting out the groundwork.

Answer 5

Hope... not!

We extinct ourselves fighting over dying land (earth have an expiration date! Like us!) We extinct our knowledge (god's golden apple) (science etc.) and ourselves in the worse way... at least dinosaurs does not have the advance knowledge as we do (so they have an excuse!).

If we were to rise as a single race... we would be armed with the power of God's knowledge... hence transcend immortality through the survival of mankind (we could even create a new earth!). But mankind have to exist and not wiped out part of the knowledge to do that! We go back to "Dark Age"... we lose precious time and knowledge!


Every countries belong to Earth (will die eventually)... or when the continents shift (Polar shift), we as a race may not even exist! Why are we stupid enough to be a bunch of separate sticks and pick each other out when we could stick together and be strong in Intelligence to ensure the existence of our race?

Ever heard that every life lost is could be the next great inventor to the future?

Really... are we God's chosen then? If we do not survive.

Answer 6

I think that WWIII will be somewhere in the far east- China or N. Korea- rather than the middle east. I can see the world facing off over the middle east, but i think that it is more likely to come from something to do with N. Korea.

Answer 7

It may be possible if Iran joins with Lebanon and U.S with Israel.But in that case the other world powers will not keep quiet.They will join to their respective allies.Like how the first world war started with Austria problem i't going to happen in Lebanon case.It will bea nuclear war,and no life will exist in earth after it.Everyone will use their Nuke and Chemical weapons,which will made earth a graveyard.

Answer 8

What is the defination of a world war? When ww 1 it told how many nations were involved. Then said that many and more is now ingaged in armed combat.
does that make this a ww111?

Answer 9

conflict on Terror is the international conflict III. that's amazingly diverse from the final twp super wars yet truthfully that's aworld conflict. because maximum of worldwide places are dealing with the challege. that's going to be an prolonged conflict with far greater loss of lives spearding around the globe and an excellent sort of death.

Answer 10

No. That's like saying the gang turf wars of Los Angeles are WW3.