World War 3

I could see a world war between a rising China and America, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, perhaps even India or Russia as the Chinese try to become more assertive in Eastern Asia.  This of course would occur after a 10 or so year arms race, and I wouldn't be surprised if war with China becomes the main US strategic planning concern.

ThE E.U. and America would be able to stop any military threat from China.

Heh.... let's see... Russia, China, the United States, India and Pakista... *cough* adios, see you all in heaven.... *lots of red buttons and booms*

Well,  unless I am tragically mistaken,  we are still a step above the rest of the world.  I would just say ten years till there is a simple defense system up.

Unless we get a real idiot leading us soon of course

I think America and Russia need an alliance against China.  An oil-hungry China will certainly cast eyes on the rich sea of oil in Siberia.

Most politicians are idiots, no matter what country they lead...It doesn't matter which one pushes the button first, since they'd all eventually do it for one reason or another....

I think a more likely senario for WW3 is a religious war more like the crusades, ie. sporadically spread over decades.  It won't be in the traditional WW1 (european civilwar) form or the WW2 huge armies battling for land form but instead be scattered and therefore unpredictable localised actions between one side or the other, but fought throughout the world, in the hearts of cities, at beach resorts, at the volatile borders, at sea, at centre of commerce, at transportation hubs... no wait, isn't that happening already?

The fundamentalist islamic world has already declared war on the west.  They struck the first blow and the western coalitions have struck back.  Each strike has only served to harden resolve, spawning yet another generation born in the crucibles of war, terror and hatred.  Change has already occurred.  The America of today is not the America of yesterday.  The muslim youths of yesterday, angered by what they perceive as unjust western bullying have changed too. 

Unless something radical is done to halt this, it will grow and the war will spread.  The current lull to some is seen as a vindication of western military might.  While that maybe true in the short term, the fundamentalist with god on his side knows no time limit... and he gathers his forces, conserving his strength, plotting his plans.  Many in the west do not realise the scope of the war that is and has been building for the past decade.  Many don't even know there is a war on.  But the other side knows.  They whisper it amongst themselves.  They speak of stopping the further spread of Christiandom.  They see the unjust encroachment into their heartlands.  They see a world of infidels.  And there is where the problem lies.  When either side can see no compromise.  It is one or the other.  There is no we.  Everyone else who isn't with us are agents of the devil.  Christians proclaim the second coming.  The muslim see their faith threatened.  It is here.  Now.  Unless we nip it at the bud with a good dose of rationality on both sides, we will one day awake to the clouds of war in our cities, in our streets and in our beloved homes.

That is the scenario I see for the next World War.  That it hasn't happened in full bloom yet is testimony to the people who still remain sane, tolerant, rational and vigilant.  But the lines have been drawn.  Both sides are becoming increasingly radical.  Only time will tell.

But the terrace are not just fighting people in the West there fighting people in the Far East too and in the Middle East (the Iraqi police, the Turkish, the Israelites).

 Them saying that the they declare war on the West is just to gain support, what they�re saying is very bias or not correct at all.

 

Edited by Praetorian

Originally posted by Liang Jieming other side knows.  They whisper it amongst themselves.  They speak of stopping the further spread of Christiandom.  They see the unjust encroachment into their heartlands.  They see a world of infidels.

Does this guy know something that we don't?