Will World War III Happen?
By Artemeis
@artemeis (4194)
China
October 8, 2012 11:29pm CST
I cannot help feeling that World War III will be happening if the situations around the world is not going to change.
Starting within Asia, we have the island disputes involving China, Japan, Korea and Philippines. Then, there is the conflicts between the North and South Korea, India and Pakistan.
In Middle East, we have the Syria's civil war escalating into Turkey, Iran's nuclear program, Iraq's new government, Israel's never ending feud with the Palestine and Israel's recent drone downing incident.
America's insensitivity to religious differences and their abuses on free speech and expression taunting the sensitive religious and racial circles.
Everywhere is tense and I wonder just how long before diplomacy and tolerance collapse. I really do not wish to see that day coming.
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6 responses
@GemmaR (8517)
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9 Oct 12
I don't know when it will happen, but I think we can all say that it is something that will happen at some point. The sad news is that when it does happen, new advances in weapons mean that it would most likely destroy the whole world and everybody else in it. It means that we need to try and get people talking to each other to try and solve the problems instead of going to war, because this solves nothing and the only thing that happens is that you will hurt innocent people and many others might lose their lives.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
10 Oct 12
Sometimes I cannot help wondering if men today actually have learned their lessons and learned it well especially acts of mass destruction like war.
Fired bullets or missiles does not have eyes or conscience to determine who is foe or innocent, words once spoken can never be taken back and acts done can never be without consequences.
I hope that people in authority will know this and hesitate the drastic choice.
@artemeis (4194)
• China
9 Oct 12
Like you I am not looking forward for world war to breakout but I have to be pessimistic when the tension is getting from bad to worse.
I hope that people will remember the horrors and uselessness of wars to help them reconsider escalating their current conflicting situations.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
9 Oct 12
I think almost all of us would not want to see a third world war. Everyone would lose. I doubt that there would be winners if this happens. But I share your apprehension towards this. Lately, conflicts among between and among countries are increasing, and it seems that we cannot really pinpoint the cause of all these. Is it religious, political, or simply greed on the part of other nations. What I think we could do is just try and inculcate the concept of peace to the younger generation. I mean, it would be difficult to change the mindsets of our current generation. Some are really bent on conflicts as a means to achieve what they want. It's up to our kids and their kids to at least try and change this way of thinking.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
9 Oct 12
Educating the younger generation may be essential but I believe the current need of tolerance is even more crucial here.
I hope that countries will realize this and stop waiting passively for UN to make things happen. Hope that their consideration of consequences will motivate them to think otherwise and prevent their situations from escalating further into a world war 3.
@artemeis (4194)
• China
9 Oct 12
Anything could go wrong - starting with China and Japan with their island disputes turning into something like Falklands war, Syria and Turkey intensifying their return of fire or Israel's misfire on another Lebanon drone or Taliban escalating into massacring all the American military consultants in Pakistan.
These are just some of the things that can just get out of line and escalate into unimaginable proportions. Isn't WWII just like that?
@artemeis (4194)
• China
28 Oct 12
I think both patience and cross border diplomacy is running on a fine thread. At this moment, I believe the aggressors are just short of the resources to have the ability to squeeze that trigger to start a major world war. I suppose we have the macro economics of globalization to thank for than the UN which seems rather helpless and cumbersome too if I may add.
As for Syria, I don't think UN could actually go in full force on them because it is a civil war which does not have any ramifications to the rest of the world. In principle, it would be unethical to depose a country leader using the UN brute force of the military. Syria's case is different from Kuwait-Iraq or Iraq-Iran which is a cross border dispute gone awry. Syria is like Libya except the rebels in Syria are not as strong as Libya's.
@samson1 (738)
• Jamaica
9 Oct 12
It is true that tensions of all sorts are being experiencd worldwide, and everyone should be concerned. However, despite the varying manifestations of conflicts seen around the world at this time, namely of a religious, military, territorial, and/or political nature, there seem to be a rationalization of the actions among the 'chief protagonists'; wherby the 'general notion' of diplomacy appears to be working.
In fact, it appears to me that these entities and governments-the sources of conflict and tension-have already accepted the fact that nobody wins and everybody loses if another World War was to happen. Therefore, only the 'flexing of some of the military muscles' of these nations within certain geographic locations are accommodated.
so that outlet pockets of aparrantly,
@artemeis (4194)
• China
28 Oct 12
Diplomacy has to thank the macro economics at play here. I believe the disputing parties are hinging on the cross border interdependence for their country's well being. To be sanctioned economically by the UN will just be writing their own termination from the world's known game called globalization.
I am really hoping that the current issues could be resolved without the use of military force which can be quite extensive considering the advance technology on today's weaponry.
