are we going to get to the point where the doomsday clock will be at one minute again? with north korea and israel touting nuclear power, and bush being in office another 2 years..seems like a very volatile mix.
2006-10-24 00:12:59 · 12 answers · asked by Kismet 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
i don't understand how people can be willing to cripple the entire world just to say "i was right"
2006-10-24 00:20:06 · update #1
WW 3 has already started, most people just don't want to realize that our conflict in the middle east is less about one nation than providing a battle ground for militant Islam to beat themselves against rather than attacking unarmed fat and happy civilians stateside. In 50 years we will look back and remember when the war started on 9/11, I only hope that by then we have either killed enough of them to force them to quit or they realize the error of their ways and decide to act like grown ups. The policy of militant Islam is nothing less than a global theocracy all worshiping their way. I am not willing to do that and i doubt many Americans are. People need to stop thinking that islam can be appeased on this point.
2006-10-24 03:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by medic 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You are close, we are in the middle of WWIII already. You must be quite young though if you think this is the end of world. A whole generation of Americans drilled every day at school for mock nuclear attack drills (like hiding under your desk would make a bit of difference). Sure things are not peachy, but they never are. Things were bad in the world, under Clinton as well, he just didn't give a damn about them and ignored them. The world is a dangerous place, but it is better then it was, and it is getting better all the time. Relax and don't stress about current events, take a look at the big picture. Its all good.
2016-05-22 05:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we are not on the brink of world war 3. Throughout the ages conflicts have continually arisen and been fought between countries and factions within counties for various reasons. This will continue throughout history to come as well.
Doomsday, nuclear war, leadership concerns have all been recurring themes in the past and will continue in the future ...
The primary difference is your ability to know about it all due to advancements in communications. The global electronic village which the world has become makes the casual observer feel that all diplomacy has gone haywire when in actuality you are merely better informed about the conflicts which exist.
This is not to trivialize anything going on presently however. We are losing far too many brave young people in the name of war. Perhaps it will all end someday and we can truly know a universal peace. However, given the nature and frailties of the human condition I have my doubts regarding that reality.
2006-10-24 00:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, we are fine. Here is why.
North Korea is a miserable impoverished nation. If they do anything, we will mess them up big time. Also, this time, we have other countries on our side.
With Iraq, nothing is going to change. There will be these terrorist attacks (many little ones, and afew big ones) That is never going to change. But its not like they have a navy or an army. They dont even have nuclear weapons. I think things will get better when we get a new president, one that wants to concentrate on America for a while, instead of trying to conquere a bunch of other countries. With Isreal and all that stuff, those little wars have been going on fooorever. Nothing will change there.
2006-10-24 00:19:23 · answer #4 · answered by Casey 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
At any given time in history, there are numerous wars and conflicts going on. Currently there are 40+/- conflicts in the world. The only time the WORLD WAR status is attibuted to a war is when the superpowers square off on opposite sides in open declarations of war. We are far from that scenario, altho i agree the spark is there to ignite a larger conflagaration. But for now, just think regional conflicts, proxy wars, brinksmanship, sabre rattling and disagreements between rump states.
When the US, Russia and/or China square, then come back and we'll talk WW III. The history books haven't declared the Cold War as WWIII or the current war on terror as WWIV. You'll know when WWIII hits, that burst of EMP will be your first warning....
2006-10-24 07:43:59 · answer #5 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Um... news flash... we've been "on the brink of WW3" for 50 years. (Assuming that you don't count The Cold War as WW3.)
Ever since the Nazis fell and Germany was divided in 1/2 we have been "on the brink". This has included the administrations of Democrats Kennedy (Cuban missile crisis, started Viet Nam), Johnson (escalated Viet Nam even after he ran on a campaign of pulling out), Carter (tried to appease the Russians and allowed us to fall dangerously behind them in numbers of nukes), and Clinton (rained missiles onto an aspirin factory to draw attention away from his lying under oath felony).
Is Jr. the brightest bulb in the box? I don't think so. Is he going to cause some sort of global war as you seem to suggest? Not bloody likely.
The one thing I can't figure out is the way that people who don't like Bush want to have it both ways; either he's a bumbling idiot coward who went to Iraq to bully them, or he's an evil mastermind with aspirations of world domination. By definition he CAN'T be both, so which is it?
2006-10-24 00:39:33 · answer #6 · answered by MegaNerd 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Only if North Korea is attacked.
2006-10-24 00:14:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We are on the cliff edge of war waiting to be pushed into the pit.
2006-10-24 05:38:05 · answer #8 · answered by Maureen B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Armagedon Cometh....
2006-10-24 00:15:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
We wone WW3. Were in WW4 now, grappling with militant Islam.
2006-10-24 00:16:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋