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Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?

Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?

  • Yes

    Votes: 10 45.5%

  • No

    Votes: 8 36.4%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 4 18.2%
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    22
radcen

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Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?

"Traditional", for the purposes of this question, meaning a war with defined fronts, between distinct countries/governments, and so on. WW1, WW2, and the Korean War, would be examples of "traditional" wars.
 
No. Everyone depends on everyone else to live.
 
radcen said:
Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?

"Traditional", for the purposes of this question, meaning a war with defined fronts, between distinct countries/governments, and so on. WW1, WW2, and the Korean War, would be examples of "traditional" wars.
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I'm saying no, but I also wonder if this method of war is actually preferable anyway.
 
I have no idea.

Ever is a heck of a long time.
 
That's true, ever is a long time. With that in mind, will the United States be around forever?

In this instance, I think it's kind of like one of those things that'd require so much to change at this point that we'd only be fighting in a 'traditional' war if the world/ nation wasn't what it is anymore.

So at that point, is it even "we" or is it something else entirely fighting the war?
 
radcen said:
Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?

"Traditional", for the purposes of this question, meaning a war with defined fronts, between distinct countries/governments, and so on. WW1, WW2, and the Korean War, would be examples of "traditional" wars.
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So i think yes.As it currently stands our "policing the world" is keeping a lot of countries out of civil and international war. Now if we have to shift our attention to say the chinese and their imperialistic views over their sea over there (i cant remember for the life of me which one ), many of those countries will go to war. How long do you think Israel will last if gaza and iraq don't have the threat of us coming in to back up israel. Now yes you might say that russia could come in and help out and maybe fix the situation but like i have said in other threads, we are shoving a bandaid on a cut that is already festering. The longer we hold it back the longer those hates build and fester and when we finally cant hold it back any more you have ww3 and ww4 within 20 years of each other, and now millions die.

Some times you have to let rome burn when letting go causes less damage then holding it back.
 
I hope not.

I hope America and other great powers (China, UK, Russia, Germany, etc) are never thrown into a conflict that induces a state of total war again. Such a conflict would likely be another world war and I'd rather not think of such a nightmare. Though, the keyword is hope.
 
radcen said:
Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?

"Traditional", for the purposes of this question, meaning a war with defined fronts, between distinct countries/governments, and so on. WW1, WW2, and the Korean War, would be examples of "traditional" wars.
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No. There is too much at stake since our economies are all interconnected.
 
radcen said:
Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?

"Traditional", for the purposes of this question, meaning a war with defined fronts, between distinct countries/governments, and so on. WW1, WW2, and the Korean War, would be examples of "traditional" wars.
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Will we the United States? Maybe. I think the only plausible scenarios are a defense of the Korean peninsula or a flashpoint conflict with China. Both of which are very much plausible but not exactly predictable.
 
ethanUNC said:
No. There is too much at stake since our economies are all interconnected.
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That is what they thought before the Great War. It was one of the most common themes in literature at the time. Just saying.
 
No.
There is no value in fighting a traditional war for our own military. Not when we can devastate their assets from afar.
And if a situation ever occurred in which a war started to unfold this way, it would quickly be settled with nuclear weapons.

Also, if America ever started to lose a war on its own territory, there is no doubt what so ever that our leaders would unleash the entirety of our nuclear arsenal.
This is why America will never be conquered unless it is from within, by America itself.
It is sad but it is also true that most of us Americans view ourselves as the only people who matter. That being the case, we (as a Nation) would have no qualm what so ever at destroying all of mankind in the event that we were going down.
I, personally, do not agree with this mentality. But it is what it is.
 
Any military action against a non superpower would not be resolved on a real battlefield, which is what i think of with "traditional war." Anything requiring a drawn-out, heavy casualty conflict would instead resort to WMDs. Global economic interdependence is one of those things that can change, but the technology to wipe out the opponent quickly will not.
 
radcen said:
Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?

"Traditional", for the purposes of this question, meaning a war with defined fronts, between distinct countries/governments, and so on. WW1, WW2, and the Korean War, would be examples of "traditional" wars.
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Wars stop being "traditional" whenever a new weapon is invented.

Sorry, hate to be the Captain Obvious here but, well, the question doesn't leave much choice.
 
As Einstein once said, the Forth War will be fought with stones and sticks. So yes, I guess. :)
 
That depends on what you mean by "we". There are conflicts ongoing as we write in that "traditional" form, though mostly within single countries, particularly in Africa and the Middle East of course. Maybe there is an irony in how many were triggered by "non-traditional" Western intervention.
 
No nuclear power is going to be in a "traditional war" ever again with another great power.

But we will such traditional wars between non nuclear powers... like we saw between irans and iraq a few decades ago... or in the balkans after yugoslavia split up... though that was more of a massacre oriented traditional war..

or what we see in south sudan vs north sudan...
 
think prolly more brush fire wars, like India/Paki -or regional proxy wars like Syria.

For the great powers more NSA types stuff/cyberwars, and maybe space wars.. Don't think you'll see a land war slugged out between great powers.
 
As a career military man, I certainly hope there are no more wars, traditional or not. I am tired of burying my friends.
 
radcen said:
Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?

"Traditional", for the purposes of this question, meaning a war with defined fronts, between distinct countries/governments, and so on. WW1, WW2, and the Korean War, would be examples of "traditional" wars.
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Ever, meaning forever, is a very long time. A lot of things can happen in that time. Or maybe everytime someone declares war one side or the other (or both) might be wiped out without boots hitting ground.
 
Kreton said:
I am hoping wars take a step backward to people fighting with swords and shields.
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I'm into Vikings right now, and wouldn't mind seeing our next president chosen through a battle to the death.
 
It's doubtful that any nuclear powers will square off against each other in a traditional war for the next few centuries unless there is a dramatic change in weapons to make nukes useless - like a 99.9999% effective anti-missile system in combination with aircraft interception at the same level. Eventually this will happen but I don't see it for quite awhile. We're taking the first faltering steps but that level of cover is far, far away.

Other conflicts besides those are bound to happen, though. I just don't see the world getting it's act together anytime soon to agree to intervene in all cases of country/country war and agreement & intervention on civil wars is even farther off. So, yes, there will be traditional wars but likely not another world war with invasion(s) of nuclear power nations.
 
As long as wars are fought for land, we will put boots on the ground.
 
Will we ever fight a "traditional" war again?
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I hope not. I include undeclared war under that, as well.
 
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