muck Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 ...just curious what you guys think it'll be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I don't see one coming... It'd probably be for energy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I don't see one coming... It'd probably be for energy though. Â Really? I at least see a war coming up between two major countries. If two or three of the right countries get to fighting, WW III will probably break out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Do you have a time estimate on when access to drinkable water will be an issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 No religion choice? How about radical Islam vs. the West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 No religion choice? How about radical Islam vs. the West. Â That's no fun...let's get the Roman Catholic vs. Eastern Orthodox feuds back up and running. Have the arch bishop and pope excommunicate each other, and start it from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunysteelfly76 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 No religion choice? How about radical Islam vs. the West. Â Â Yea, I'm thinking jihad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 The radical islamists will attack Israel. The US will respond. It is coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 it will be as it always is... religion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 ...just curious what you guys think it'll be... Â Â I would fathom a guess that all wars are started over religion, be it theocratic or fiduciary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 The radical islamists will attack Israel. The US will respond. It is coming. Â Yep, Islam finally overwhelms Israel. Israel sets off a few nukes. The US gets involved. The rest of the world gets involved. Then Charlton Heston exclaims "You did it, you really did it." Â We've screwed up this planet enough and people have taken God's word so far out of context so we probably deserve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Well this is a bright cheery good morning thread if I ever saw one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 But if I had to guess , drinking water will be contaminated and then we will be forced to drink oil ...we may then have less use for cars but at least evian would go out of business ...nothing like spending 2 bucks for a bottle of water made in france and whose name spelled backwards is naïve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 No religion choice? How about radical Islam vs. the West. Â Â isnt this already going on?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 There will be no World War III, at least not on the scale of I or II. Â There aren't that many industrial powerhouses capable of carrying out land campaigns. And forget about invasion fleets and airborne troop insertions, unless your countries initials are USA. Â You might have some regional conflicts in the Middle East or China/Taiwain. But to think that major countries of the world will form alliances and clash in a conventional war with significant participation by these countries is pretty farfetched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 isnt this already going on??   Yes it is and people do not want to admit that.  Lets see off the top of my head we have:  The Nations or areas have suffered some type of losses from Sept 11th, 2001 [be it major or minor]:  Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Czech Republic Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia France The Gambia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Lebanon Liberia Lithuania Malaysia Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Togo Trinidad & Tobago Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Yemen Yugoslavia Zimbabwe   Since September 11, President Bush and [former] Secretary of State Colin Powell have built a worldwide coalition for the war against terrorism. The coalition is stronger than ever and continues to grow. • Since September 11, President Bush has met with leaders from at least 51 different countries to help build support for the war against terrorism. • 136 countries have offered a range of military assistance. • The U.S. has received 46 multilateral declarations of support from organizations. • The U.N. General Assembly and Security Council condemned the attacks on September 12. • NATO, OAS and ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.) quickly invoked their treaty obligations to support the United States. Our NATO allies are assisting directly in the defense of American territory. • 142 countries have issued orders freezing the assets of suspected terrorists and organizations. • 89 countries have granted over-flight authority for U.S. military aircraft. • 76 countries have granted landing rights for U.S. military aircraft. • 23 countries have agreed to host U.S. forces involved in offensive operations. • Through intelligence cooperation with many nations, we are acquiring evidence against those responsible for the attacks of September 11 and we are better able to prevent future attacks. • With U.S. leadership and with international support, Afghans have put aside long-standing ethnic and political differences to form a new interim government, naming a president and 29 ministers with portfolio. The new government will also include women, who have been oppressed by the Taliban regime. • On December 11, more than 120 nations around the world answered President Bush’s call to reject terrorism and commemorate the victims of the September 11 attacks by holding remembrance ceremonies. • The United States and several other allies have reopened embassies in Kabul. • The President was joined by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on November 11 for a memorial service honoring the citizens of all the countries killed in the World Trade Center.   Combatants: United States United Kingdom Israel Australia Canada Pakistan China[1] Saudi Arabia Iraq Afghanistan Northern Alliance India Somalia Philippines Turkey Kurdistan Peshmerga Indonesia Norway Denmark Netherlands Poland Slovakia Romania Ukraine Hungary Bulgaria Ethiopia Georgia Thailand Russia    If this does not Constitute WWIII then we will never have a labeled war called WWIII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 The radical islamists will attack Israel. The US will respond. It is coming. Â Â Â How many divisions do the radical islamists have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 There will be no World War III, at least not on the scale of I or II. Â There aren't that many industrial powerhouses capable of carrying out land campaigns. And forget about invasion fleets and airborne troop insertions, unless your countries initials are USA. Â You might have some regional conflicts in the Middle East or China/Taiwain. But to think that major countries of the world will form alliances and clash in a conventional war with significant participation by these countries is pretty farfetched. Â Â Â have to agree with this..... Â i guess one question would be, whats definition of a world war?? is it determined by the number of participants, who is involved, what is the reason for the fight, where its fought?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 Do you have a time estimate on when access to drinkable water will be an issue? Â Â A friend of mine who runs a think-tank (of sorts) told me over lunch yesterday that one of the big projects he's working on involves global warming and access to drinkable water. He made a flip comment that he thought that if there was a WWIII it'd be over access to drinkable water, not oil. Â Now, he's not the type of guy to make flip comments ... so, I'm guessing this really was something he's put quite a bit of thought into. I don't know his reasons because we were finishing our global warming discussion and lunch and then it was time to leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 This war is WWIII and it will end with a nuclear weapon going off somewhere and then everyone piling on the country/state that fired that weapon like the huddle when a irish newbie starts posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 For some reason I have a hard time thinking that drinking water will ever be an issue. I mean the world is made up of mostly water. Surely if things start taking a bad turn we can build enough water purifiers to satisfy our thirst. Maybe this is how the US can become a major manufacturer in the world again. By supplying it with drinking water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) i could def see water more than oil.....life vs cheap energy  current world events that could spark it.  china/taiwan.....US may get involved if china invades mideast.....US gets involved if isreal is attacked, but dont think many others outside the mideast care US/venezuela/cuba.....if US for some reason goes into either, dont think anyone gets involved with military. europe missile shield.....russia alot of talk, but could do something f'ed up n korea.....if US does anything, skorea is history nuke going off in US city....does US just start carpet bombing the islamic nations? Edited June 13, 2007 by dmarc117 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 For some reason I have a hard time thinking that drinking water will ever be an issue. I mean the world is made up of mostly water. Surely if things start taking a bad turn we can build enough water purifiers to satisfy our thirst. Maybe this is how the US can become a major manufacturer in the world again. By supplying it with drinking water. Â ha wait till the north doesnt let any water from the colorado to phoenix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 For some reason I have a hard time thinking that drinking water will ever be an issue. I mean the world is made up of mostly water. Surely if things start taking a bad turn we can build enough water purifiers to satisfy our thirst. Maybe this is how the US can become a major manufacturer in the world again. By supplying it with drinking water. Â canada already want so pump water out of lake superior and sell it in asia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeductiveNun Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 canada already want so pump water out of lake superior and sell it in asia  Years ago there was talk of a water pipeline from MN to Texas to supply fresh water from Lake Superior. Canada effectively nixed that idea citing the fact that a minimum lake level had to be maintained. From what I understand from water levels around Duluth, the lake is down almost 18 inches right now. No way Canada gets away with this idea, we can just throw their argument back at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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