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World War Three Possibilities

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I was thinking of possibilities for WWIII today, and the only likely conclusion I could come up with was an escalated struggle for the Korean Peninsula somewhat tying into the Middle East.

In that case around the Korean Peninsula, both the Koreas would be involved, probably China, Russia, and the U.S./Japan.

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the U.S. and Isreal would be likely candidates for operations.

That list is off the top of my head, and in any case, the U.S. backed side would win. But, that isn't the only place WWIII could take place. Anyone have any ideas on the subject?
 
Our global economic partnerships have allowed us to prolong the time in between the next conflict, since no one wants to damage their assets... but I predict that eventually, some kind of deal breaker will arise wherein governments will even put that on the backburner.

It seems to me that it has always been the European and North American nations vs. the others. If a third war erupts, my prediction is that it will be the same scenario... the Western "bloc" vs. the Middle East and/or East Asian partnerships.

Right now there is a rise of conservativism in all Western nations, and especially neo-conservativism. This is a key factor that will lead to major aggression on our side. On the other side, the intrusion of Western power into the Middle East will lead to this region wanting to balance that power with nuclear arms. If there is going to be a global nuclear conflict, it will come from this region, and it mostly stems from natural resources like oil.

Virtually all of the modern wars have been about clashes between political ideology or natural resources, and often the two issues are blurred.

The first factor that will be involved will be the military-industrial complex, lead by neo-conservatives, which will push for war regardless of the cost. The second factor will be something strategic, like a country expanding its borders and threatening a key resource location. The third factor will be resource shortages. People are playing nicey-nice right now because there are enough "free" areas where collective disputes would end in mutual resource gains, but once those key regions are occupied or used up, conflict will ensue.

Political ideology will be the facilitator for WWIII, but it won't be the root cause. (i.e. look at how they are treating their people, or our security is at stake, or democracy is being threatened, blah blah)
 
I was thinking of possibilities for WWIII today, and the only likely conclusion I could come up with was an escalated struggle for the Korean Peninsula somewhat tying into the Middle East.

In that case around the Korean Peninsula, both the Koreas would be involved, probably China, Russia, and the U.S./Japan.

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the U.S. and Isreal would be likely candidates for operations.

That list is off the top of my head, and in any case, the U.S. backed side would win. But, that isn't the only place WWIII could take place. Anyone have any ideas on the subject?

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I think as the older generation of Europe die out and the younger take the place of them. There will be a likelihood of a larger scale war.
 
I don't see WWIII happening, due to nukes alone. No major power wants a nuclear war, so I don't see any nuclear power nuking another nuclear power.
 
Give us a couple hundred years, until some Ender's Game-style satellites come out that can shoot down any and all nukes, and then we'll have us a conventional war. U.S. and India and Brazil vs. China and Russia, using projections for a couple decades from now, but look ahead any farther and it might as well be East Timor and Madagascar fighting Turkey and Uzbekistan. Anything can happen given enough time.
 
World War Three is unlikely.

Because World War I & II were both flukes.

World War I was basically a couple of relatively minor conflicts that raged out of control thanks to the entangling system of alliances in Europe and one where new military technology had made the type of war each nation wanted to wage essentially unwinnable.

World War II was in essence just round two of the first.
 
It'd probably start in Germany... somehow. :2razz:
 
It'd probably start in Germany... somehow. :2razz:

Everything leads back there somewhere, doesn it? :lol:

Possibilities IMO:

- Islamic leader rises and creates a pan-islamic superpower in the ME and joins Pakistan with its nucleur arsenal into its boarder and attacks the west and uses its monopoly on oil to destroy our economies.

- China joins forces with North Korea to expand communism onto vulnerable surrounding areas like Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia etc. NATO goes in.

- Russia uses its oil monopoly to rebuild its armed forces and economy and expands its influence into Eastern Europe and becomes another Anti-western force, supplying muslim states with nucleur technology to strengthen anti-western powers.

- Liechenstien invades Europe (joke).

- India and China locks heads in a bitter conflict (geographical locations dictates this to be feasible. Two would-be superpowers that are geographically close, with rivalry government systems). US gets involved to back Democratic India.
 
World War Three is unlikely.

Because World War I & II were both flukes.

World War I was basically a couple of relatively minor conflicts that raged out of control thanks to the entangling system of alliances in Europe and one where new military technology had made the type of war each nation wanted to wage essentially unwinnable.

World War II was in essence just round two of the first.

Ahhh,,, I don't think we'll have WWIII either. Chances are, we'll have a Gobal Pandemic first. We'll lose at least a couple billion this time around. And it'll take a decade or two for everyone to get back into finding a reason to kill each other.:lol:

Ya gotta look on the Bright Side.:mrgreen:
 
Ahhh,,, I don't think we'll have WWIII either. Chances are, we'll have a Gobal Pandemic first. We'll lose at least a couple billion this time around. And it'll take a decade or two for everyone to get back into finding a reason to kill each other.:lol:

Ya gotta look on the Bright Side.:mrgreen:

Pandemics are hard to have.

Any disease deadly enough to kill people on such a massive scale tends to kill "too quickly" to be spread rapidly around the globe.

Even the Black Death in Europe killed less than a third of the people and this despite the conditions being overly ripe for such a disaster.
 
I was thinking of possibilities for WWIII today, and the only likely conclusion I could come up with was an escalated struggle for the Korean Peninsula somewhat tying into the Middle East.

In that case around the Korean Peninsula, both the Koreas would be involved, probably China, Russia, and the U.S./Japan.

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the U.S. and Isreal would be likely candidates for operations.

That list is off the top of my head, and in any case, the U.S. backed side would win. But, that isn't the only place WWIII could take place. Anyone have any ideas on the subject?

Based on assumptions, we can say that if a WWIII broke out the following countries would be allied with us:

The United Kingdom
The European Union/NATO
Australia
Japan
South Korea
Israel
Georgia
Jordan
Brazil
India
Saudi Arabia
Turkey

Also based upon assumptions, we can say that if a WWIII broke out the following countries have a greater chance to NOT be on our side:

Iran
North Korea
Russia
Belarus
China
Sudan
Venezuela
Myanmar
Libya
Syria
Cuba

Also, the Taliban enforced areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan would be against the US, among other nations.
 
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Based on assumptions, we can say that if a WWIII broke out the following countries would be allied with us:

The United Kingdom
The European Union/NATO
Australia
Japan
South Korea
Israel
Georgia
Jordan
Brazil
India
Saudi Arabia
Turkey

Also based upon assumptions, we can say that if a WWIII broke out the following countries have a greater chance to NOT be on our side:

Iran
North Korea
Russia
Belarus
China
Sudan
Venezuela
Myanmar
Libya
Syria
Cuba

Also, the Taliban enforced areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan would be against the US, among other nations.

We'll you cant really make this assumption until you can at least guess the cause of WWIII in the first place, because depending on what the reason for the war is in the first place, its likely alot of those countries on that list will be/will not be allied with us.
 
Given the present state of Western civilisation I am pretty sure Britney Spears or David and Posh Spice will have something to do with WWIII.
 
I see India and/or China being major players. India/Pakistan is particularly likely, particularly if you see Pakistan serving as the staging ground for more Islamist attacks on India, like the one in Mumbai.
 
We'll you cant really make this assumption until you can at least guess the cause of WWIII in the first place, because depending on what the reason for the war is in the first place, its likely alot of those countries on that list will be/will not be allied with us.

When we assume that it really is a world war, we can also assume that many of these countries will be involved. Currently, I don't find any of the nations on that list too fickle. I would also assume this would be another "war on democracy" sort of issue, which would bolster my argument on the countries. Obviously, it isn't foolproof. However, I think if North Korea nuked South Korea, the United States, Japan, and many other nations would step in. Other nations such as Iran, and maybe China or Russia might step in on the North Korean side of the conflict. Fighting ensues. By the same token, if USA makes a 'preemptive strike' on Iran, Russia might come to the Iranian side of the conflict to help, et cetera.
 
The two things that would trigger a WWIII would include China invading us because our economy falls apart due to Obama or heated battle over israel would get us involved.

Either scenerio if a nuke were to hit US soil our infrastructure would crumble and a civil war would break out.
 
China will declare war on Japan & the USA, who will be saved by the mighty Luxemburgish Army
 
2 members seem to think that I'm kidding, but I'm serious. Look, they've got

- 450 soldiers
- a transport plane that they share with Belgium
- a dozen of Hummers
- 2 busses
- a howitzer but they say it's for ceremonial purposes only

They would encircle China.

Company A (200 men, one bus and half of the Hummers) attack by the South, starting from Burma and going along the coast. They'd attack first, so that the whole Chinese army goes southwards in a vain attempt to dam the mighty invaders

Company B (200 men, the other bus and the Hummers) attack by the West, starting from Mongolia and invading all the northern provinces, storming through the center and reaching Beijing in 1 week, cutting China into 2 parts. Then they'd attack and destroy the hopeless Chinese army from the North

Company C (50 men and the plane) is paradropped over Beijing and captures the city
 
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China will declare war on Japan & the USA, who will be saved by the mighty Luxemburgish Army
Luxemburg will be allied with Liechtenstein, and will rule the world. :mrgreen:
 
Luxemburg will be allied with Liechtenstein, and will rule the world. :mrgreen:

Did you hear about Andorra's rocket tests?

Really?

That's because they've got stealth rockets!!! Should they make an alliance with Liechtenstein, we're dead
 
Did you hear about Andorra's rocket tests?

Really?

That's because they've got stealth rockets!!! Should they make an alliance with Liechtenstein, we're dead

Hmhm. Keep cracking your jokes, Bub. Ill be the one laughing when expansionist Andora annexes France and Spain.
 
Hmhm. Keep cracking your jokes, Bub. Ill be the one laughing when expansionist Andora annexes France and Spain.

What about Malta? I hear they're out for revenge.
 
An alliance between Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Andorra, Montenegro and Micronesia and the world is doomed.
The Axis of evil.
 
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