Where do you think WW3 will start?

[Composer]

I'm guessing in a special place called "Nowhere".

Poor courage the cowardly dog!

Some trouble in the balkans.

=D this made my day

 

[Fenix7]

Africa? Yeah right, they have constant wars there but nobody seems to care.

If by "nobody seems to care" you mean that everyone is using the intrenal conflicts to sell weapons to them, then yeah you're right.

Israel? Too well defended. Except if they attack first. Which they have done before and again, nobody seemed to care.

Again, your perception of "nobody seems to care" is funny. I live in the middle east and I assure you people care, and they care a lot about what Israel does. Maybe even a bit too much.

So that only leaves Iran and it's the "best" option for an all out world war. They've been surrounded on all sides which almost gives them the right to actually own nuclear weapons for defense. The population is very much behind their leaders. Even the opposition would hate a "liberating US army". The Russians have so far supported Iran and an invasion would plunge the US deeper into recession, China would buy everything in America, raise the dollar, crash the US home economy which would then lead to war with China to recover the assets. By this time Russia would jump to the aid of Iran to get their hands on the whole Middle East. This would draw North Korea out, India might take advantage and attack Pakistan. Israel might nuke somebody or get nuked themselves, well... you got the picture.

I currently (unfortunately) am stuck in Iran and things do look rather dire. USA has been basically invading every neighbouring country they had an excuse to invade (read: Saddam and Bin Laden) and Iran is not happy about it.

You're right though, if the USA tries to invade Iran it'll be much different than Iraq and Afghanistan, and it'd trigger a series of events that could lead to a war of global scale.

But I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. I personally think the next country that is going to be struck by war is Pakistan. Many things point at that, the evergoing conflict with India, it's support of Afghanistan and most importantly, it's absolutely strategic geographical position. And Bin Laden wasn't "found" there for no reason, after all.

 

[BonsaiK]

The title says it.

Do you think world war 3 will start in Israel? Germany? North Korea? Australia?

It won't happen. The political and cultural landscape of the planet has permanently changed in such a way as to make a third world war impossible. The closest thing we'll ever get is the current "war on terror" which really isn't a world war any more than the "war on drugs" is a world war.

India and Pakistan almost went to war in 2001/2002. And they still hate each other.

That wouldn't have been a world war, that would have been an India/Pakistan war.

But it would have been a nuclear war. =D

No it wouldn't, for very obvious reasons. Think about the proximity of those two countries and WHY they hate each other.

Still not a world war anyway.

Well it wouldn't be a world war straight away. But if it went on long enough, and shit got real, other countries could be asked for aid from either side.

The worst that could happen is that the US backs India and then it'd be just like fighting the Taliban again but from the other direction. Not a world war, not even close.

Well I was more thinking the world just says 'screw this' and everyone picks sides because they can. I never once was thinking of this as a real possibility. I would like to think that we as a collective people have learned what we lose from war is no where what we gain, even on the winning side. The exception being the war on terror which, although not a real 'world war' really affects the world scale.

It won't happen, not because we've learned anything from history, but because the world's political, commercial, technological and ideological landscape has changed to the point where a third world war is simply not possible.

 

[Kitteh]

Right here once the doomsday device i nicked from farnsworth powers up

 

[notimeforlulz]

But I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. I personally think the next country that is going to be struck by war is Pakistan. Many things point at that, the evergoing conflict with India, it's support of Afghanistan and most importantly, it's absolutely strategic geographical position. And Bin Laden wasn't "found" there for no reason, after all.

I think maybe I should point continuing on my previous discussion of country stability that Pakistan is ranked 165th worst nation, of 177 nations, and they have nukes. If you've been reading my posts you'll know I don't like Pakistan with nukes. Not one bit. Libya, which is in the throes of civil war right now is 66th.

Pakistan needs to lose the nukes. Or it'll probably be WW3, or called such after the nukes fall.

 

[Kingpopadopalus]

In the year 2XXX with zombies and vampires vs the humans who have advanced technology and the ability to kill them yet its a very hard fight and eventually the humans win due to the fact that the day is ever changing.

 

[funguy2121]

Don't know about Dubya-Dubya-Three, but the next huge conflict will likely involve China and /or North Korea.

 

[Nickompoop]

The Internet. Eventually all these hacking attacks will cross a line.

You're probably right. Everything starts on the Internet these days, so who's to say that the next big war won't start here, too?

As to which country would start it--either China or North Korea. If China can sustain itself without relying on exporting goods like it does now, then it has nothing to worry about and the country would be in a fantastic bargaining position. North Korea doesn't really interact with the world, it's entire population is militarized, and their leader is batshit insane. Starting a war would be feasible for them and they wouldn't lose much in the way of trade.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

It will start wherever I am at the time.
Or everywhere at once if I can get secret bases/robotic factories which produce robots up all over the planet.

[sup]But that might be WWIV...[/sup]

 

[gl1koz3]

Behind wars there must be huge support. I think internet has destroyed a possibility for that.

 

[akfg666]

The title says it.

Do you think world war 3 will start in Israel? Germany? North Korea? Australia?

I'm guessing in a special place called "Nowhere".

Seconded, a little thing called mutually assured destruction makes it seem highly unlikely that there will be any global scale conflicts in the near or distant future.

Or if there are any scale conflicts, everyone will just nuke each other anyway and the war will be over in a matter of hours...the war and the world that is

 

[ralfy]

Likely regional conflicts as global oil production drops, food prices rise, and chronic economic crises lead to more unemployment, higher crime rates, governments and businesses collapsing, etc.

 

[whtkid6969]

Australia. Yahtzee's just going to get pissed off one day, at it'll be the one that finally makes him go on a rampage. So it'll be Yahtzee and his Imp army vs. the World.

 

[willsham45]

World war 3 has been and gone with the cold war can be classified as a world war

"A war involving many large nations in all different parts of the world"

 

[Ensiferum]

The Middle East

 

[ThatOneJewYouNo]

It's not really where it will start.

But rather, it will be when it starts. But a matter of where will be very important,

because I look forward to meeting another group of society and being asked "Where were you when the zombies took over?"

 

[silasbufu]

There won't be any WW3. There are alot of good arguments in some comments above.

 

[Wintermoot]

probably Russia.(assuming the Obama get,s replaced by some idiot who thinks the cold war ended with a ceasefire)
Or N.Korea if the next US president is paranoid.
in any case the US is gonna start it.
PS
or it could be global rebellion against the government due to rising prices on stuff.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

First two were Germany's fault.....I feel good putting my money on them for a third round.

Gavrilo Princip started the first World War.
France and England started the second World War.

oh so england invaded poland then
i must of missed that week of history.

/sarcasm

Well, you missed some week(s) of history, because it's not nearly that simple. You can't blame either WW1 or WW2 on any one particular country, or leader. No, you can't even blame the entirety of WW2 on Hitler. You can blame concepts. Imperialism, nationalism, jingoism, political opportunism to name a few.

Back on topic, folks, please stop using this thread as a place to drop extremely trite political statements. Half the posts can basically be summed up as "Amrica sux lolololl."

The world has changed. WW2-style wars, official wars between major powers, are a thing of the past. No major power has anything to gain, and every one of them as everything to lose from such a war. China and the US will never go to war with each other. They MAY be on opposite sides of proxy wars, border disputes, or economic tensions, but you will never see the US Army marching in Beijing, nor the Chinese Army marching into Washington. Never. Same goes for Moscow, Paris, Madrid, Rome, London, Berlin, etc, etc, and their respective militaries. A nuclear war will wipe out the human race before any such eventuality. The most volatile relationships are between India/Pakistan, Isreal/Iran, and North Korea/South Korea.

However, you will see, in the 21st century, a dramatic rise in civil unrest, rogue state and non-state backed violence, and struggles for dwindling resources. The major powers are all highly interdependent, due to a globalized economy and the Internet. The US exports immense amounts of grain, allowing much of the world to continue to eat. The middle east exports all the oil. South America exports all the copper. South Africa the gold. Russia: old, diamonds, gain. The list goes on and on. The world economy is fragile, and states are unstable, and not getting any more stable. THAT is the true danger of the 21st century, and very few countries are immune to it. Not even Australia. ...Maybe Canada.

Although you make some good points, you may want to change your tone.
Sounds like your defending Hitler just and teensy weensy bit.
But you can't have war without 2 opposing sides.
I'm not saying your a Nazi, that would be ridiculous, but we did sort of give Hitler a chance with 'appeasment' in which we let him be for a bit but he continued to take land so we got invovlved.

Anyway i think WW3 will be in the middle east or in Korea/China, people keep on going on about how that's 'impossible' but it's a very real threat.
And it will be about oil.
It's always about the oil.

 

[EradiusLore]

First two were Germany's fault.....I feel good putting my money on them for a third round.

first war started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by serbian nationalists, then everyone had to take sides with people they had alliances with

second world war started because britain declared war on germany because of a treaty we had with poland.

just to note britain was pulled into both wars through treaties they should not have kept. as for ww3 probably some of the newer nuklear powers will start it