Do you think WW3 has begun?

Oh I hope not, can’t stand another sequel ;¬}

lol @ucme a witty light hearted response. Lots more of that attitude
just might save us :)

You may be right.

Possibly. And when it kicks into full gear, you can find me heading to Canada.

I really hope not :( America has been fighting with the middle east for a long time though :(

No, I do not.

Nope. When it happens, we’ll know it.

WWIII has been in progress since the end of WWII. It’s just that the battle has been fought on the field of geopolitical socioeconomics rather than with ballistics.

I think WWIII will take place mostly in the virtual world with computer viruses and massive network outages.

WWVI will take place entirely in a virtual world, ala Tron. And we will hurl neon discs at each other.

No.

The hype you are referring to is mostly media selling stuff, and political stuff.

Who’s prophesyzing, other than Peter Griffin (oh, wait, he’s predicting World War Five).

It rather interesting when you look at the chain of events. One of the prime motivators of the war in Iraq was to set up a democracy in the middle east. An example of freedom other countries could emulate. It appears to have worked since we’re seeing this movement take shape in a lot of those countries that have been under brutal dictatorships for a long time. If Iraq can throw off the yoke of Hussein and create a better life, why not Gaddafi, or Ahmadinejad? Frankly I skeptical that this will play out the way we want but the seeds are sown.

Such a belief tends to paralyze most people from taking responsible action to make life for others on earth more safe and secure.

I really like the arguments put out by Subcommandante Insurgente Marcos of the EZLN, which basically says that WW III was the Cold War, and we’re in the middle of WW IV, which is globalised neoliberal trade used as an excuse to steal resources and land from indigenous and poor peoples worldwide. Indeed, considering that just in the DCR alone more deaths have occurred because of coltan mining and conflict surrounding it than occurred in WW II, it’s something to consider.

WW3: korea, japan, middle east, and china vs USA and europe. That my predict lol.

FYI I do not want to see that happens tho.

“The number of major armed conflicts (more than 1000 casualties annually) decreased from 33 in 1991 to 19 in 2003. The 2000s were the decade with the lowest number of war deaths since 1945 according to Steven Pinker. Humanity, despite the hardships and setbacks to which it is subjected, is following a millennia-long trend toward an increasingly high standard of living, thanks to the virtues of free exchange. Hunger, poverty and mortality, to mention a few, are all declining globally, and we have every reason to be optimistic about the future.

China would not go to war on the US or vice versa. It would be a self-destructive move, economically crippling to both countries. The EU, initially just an economic cooperation, has become a guarantor of peace between its member countries due to the inextricability of their trade networks and supply chains.

The ongoing proliferation of democracy is a vital part of war reduction: Whereas autocrats need no mandate from their peoples, and engage in armed conflict at their own discretion, electorates are generally reluctant to wage war, particularly against other democracies. How fortunate, then, that dictatorship is going out of style in favor of democracy; some time around 1989, the world went from being mostly ruled by dictators to being mostly ruled by citizens. Since then, democracies have become tremendously popular, and now greatly outnumber autocracies. Just in recent months, a wave of civic revolts have helped expel heavy-handed despots in Northern Africa, and dictators across the Arab world are shaking in their pants.

The world is increasingly becoming one culture (with great local variations) through technology, media, business etc. Understanding of and acquaintance with others’ values have resulted from increased transcultural interaction in many parts of the world. War is easier when the enemy can be dehumanized, such as through xenophobia-enabled propaganda, but it only works if people of one culture are not familiar with people from the other.”

http://www.wfs.org/content/can-we-end-war-2050-discussion-matt-ridley-and-phil-bowermaster

We have a lot of reasons to be optimistic.

There won’t be WW3.

@mattbrowne, I humbly submit that “the good guys” are winning WWIII. Although we have hit a few bumps along the way. Freedom and democracy are breaking out all over and I fully agree with your assessment regarding the role that “free exchange” plays in global prosperity.