Are we in world war three?

Question

Are we just to ignorant or in denial to belive we are in world war three. The amount of deaths, the conflict and whats still to come, i totally think this is a "hidden" world war, and with the controlled media coverage we just don't realize it. What do you think?

Answer 1

World War III Started in 1979

This is not very long, but very informative. You have to read the catalogue of events in this brief piece. Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the position that all we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, sit back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will ever bother us again. In case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979... that alarm has been ringing for years

US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month. It is an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this action is so necessary.

AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!

That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When more than 3,000 Americans were killed -AD) and maybe it was, but I think it should have been "Get Out of Bed!" In fact, I think the alarm clock has been buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and roll over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then.

It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked and seized the American Embassy in Tehran. This seizure was an outright attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world's most powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency. The attack on this sovereign U. S

America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience and had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then, President Carter, had to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert. The ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of America's inability to deal with terrorism.

America's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since the end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was doomed from the start.

Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and killed throughout the Middle East. America could do little to protect her citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US

In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven into the US Embassy compound in Beirut When it explodes, it kills 63 people. The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once more.

Then just six short months later in 1983 a large truck heavily laden down with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. America mourns her dead and hit the Snooze Button once more.

Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with explosives is driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait , and America continues her slumber.

The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the gate of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.

Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.

Then in August 1985 a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the main gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually attacked.

Fifty-nine days later in 1985 a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked and we watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out of the passenger list and executed.

The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners when they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most tragic bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in1988, killing 259.

Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still trying to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.

The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder.

The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America . In January 1993, two CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

The following month, February 1993 , a group of terrorists are arrested after a rented van packed with explosives is driven into the underground parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people are killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an act of war? The Snooze alarm is depressed again.

Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.

A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes only 35 yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroys the Khobar Towers, a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over 500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that America does not respond decisively.

They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.. These attacks were planned with precision. They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes back to sleep.

The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12 October 2000 , when a small craft pulled along side the ship and exploded killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but we sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.

And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most Americans think this was the first attack against US soil or in America . How wrong they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep.

In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high officials in government over what they knew and what they didn't know. But if you've read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see exactly what they knew. You don't have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing since 1979.

I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will continue until we as a people decide enough is enough. America needs to "Get out of Bed" and act decisively now. America has been changed forever.. We have to be ready to pay the price and make the sacrifice to ensure our way of life continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the snooze button again and again and roll over and go back to sleep.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto said "... it seems all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant." This is the message we need to disseminate to terrorists around the world.

This is not a political thing to be hashed over in an election year this is an AMERICAN thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of our children in years to come.

To dispute FACTS is absurd. The above is history. Only the ignorant, or people in denial will not see the truth.

Answer 2

1st...did you know that based on a query of all prior Y!Answers regarding world war three (www 3, www III, world war III, etc.) there have been 1,893 question?

I only mention that to indicate the significant interest in the subject and the vast amount of different answers.

To answer your question...no, I don't believe we are. I don't think we are either ignorant or in denial. I'm not sure what "amount of deaths" you are referring to but if you mean in Iraq and Afghanistan (and if you mean to include the alleged deaths of 650,000 Iraqi civilians being tossed around, I defy anyone to provide an indisputable source proving that number) then that pales compared to the deaths of those killed in even one year of WWI or WWII.

To which "conflict" do you refer? I assume you again mean Iraq and perhaps Afghanistan.

Also, world wars involve several, multiple countries engaged in the war at that time and not 1,2 or 3 separate conflicts involving perhaps just 2 countries in battle. At this time I don't see multiple countries at war in the fashion of the past WW's. And I think that with the Internet, satellite news services and international news publications I don't understand how you can believe that a world war can be hidden. The US media can't control world wide news. When I lived in the middle-east it was obvious that the news their wasn't controlled as you indicated that it is here.

By the way, what conflicts are still to come? Personally I can see a conflict with Iran but we won't be alone. For example Saudia Arabia really doesn't like or trust Iran.

That's what I think....thanks for asking.

Answer 3

Great question.

Some signs are there of an Impending total World War 3...The true definition of a true war is a declaration of war or an invasion of an army into another country. Korea and Vietnam Did not fall into true Wars...rather they were conflicts..Brother against Brother.

I met a man a few years ago, he had just returned from Iraq. He stated that the USA, Britain, France and Germany would unite and create a Million man arm to combat world wide Muslim Terrorism.

It is accurate that 1000s of fighters are going into Iraq from many countries. Iraq may well fall into civil war as we start to exit....That is still not a world war...it is a conflict.

Should Israel be faced with a Nuclear attack from Iran...that has the potential to launch the world in to a nuclear exchange and hence a World War.

Israel launched an Air strike against the Iraqi Nuclear facility and destroyed that facility in a couple of hours. Iraq did little in retaliation to Israel...certainly no overt military action.

One scenario of a possible world war would be the use of Nuclear devices against the USA or Britain. By the way, that was the plan for 9/11....the use of Nuclear weapons, That plan was voted down because of too many causalities.

At this moment I see no evidence that One country is geting ready to Invade another country...an open invasion.

Conclusion: We will see more terrible conflicts. A classic World War is not on the horizon.

Thanks.

Answer 4

No. WW3 is done. WW3 was the Cold War. It's been over for a long time. This is just clean up. Which, of course, is part of WW Four. Just like WW1 cleanup led into WW2, and WW2's cleanup led to the "Cold War." which was clearly a global conflict, and thence should be considered WW3, disasters will not stop. Things don't change. It's a long-term continuum, with no clear delineations. The Ancient Greeks did all this crap already, understood it, misunderstood it, and explained it all. They understood the great complexities of the human condition, which includes horrendous political power struggles. Wear your seat belt. It's gonna be a wild ride.

Answer 5

depends on how you feel.
Yes, we're in a war
but it's not to the scale the WWs were
We don't have a draft
And no one is trying to take over the world (yes, I feel that Bush is not a dictator, even though I am a democrat, that does not mean I like him, but I think saying that Bush is a dictator is going a little too far)
So, in my opinion, I do not think that this is WWIII
Also, there have been other wars that had lots of casualties and isn't counted as a WW, i.e. the Revolutionary War (it also included France and Germany [the Hessians]).
One more thing, we haven't officially declared war yet, so if there is a WW, we technacally haven't entered it yet (remember that Vietnam wasn't technacally a war either, it was a "police action."

Answer 6

I asked myself the very same question and came to the conclusion that we are in the lead up to a very major war weather its world war 3 or not i don't know. The evolution of a major war can take decades and i think we are in one of those decades at the moment,
I am just hoping a significant person or event can put a stop to it all and change a very grim future

Answer 7

We will be in a world war if we touch Iran. The brake over is real close. At best we'll end up defending interests in Iraq for ten more years at worst there will be one single dirty nuke that will end up microwaving the middle east. We are so close to "Armageddon"
We have Muslim zealots seeking nukes, the capability of turning the sands of the middle east into a sheet of glass, a commander in chief that would have no qualms about using nukes. Should one dirty nuke go off on Allied soil, there will be a nightmare that no sane man will believe.

Answer 8

We are a few good steps into it. All of the world wars started out as a regional issue.

Answer 9

Four. Three was the Cold War.

Answer 10

Yes I believe we are. A lot of people are still in denial about radical Islamists who plan to annihilate Americans who don't submit to them. I don't think they will just go away.

Answer 11

One could consider the war on terror as the 3rd world war