Will there be another World War in the next hundred years ?

[VISTREL]

With several big countries having nukes and close economic ties with each other, will there ever be another WW2 like war ? Full scale wars between several countries, and I am not talking about Iraq vs Iran type wars, or War against Terror....??? Any possible scenarios ? :) p-)

[rhino]

nah, people got smart, the total conflict is just too expensive and always resets the humanity few decades back, its better to shake someones hand and smille at them, while your special forces are wrecking havoc in the indusrial region causing "natural" disasters and stuff



PS what happened to the "Russias frinds and enemies" thread????

[BigBaribal]

A mix of large conflicts about natural ressources and low-intensity riots-wars in Yugoslavian style.

[Herrmannek]

Sure, but this time we will win for real...

[Werewolf01]

I don't forsee another major global conflict, but neither did the world following WWI. :|

[Rumsfailed]

Just you wait!

The US gets increasingly bogged down in the Middle East while China and Taiwan get into a rapidly escalating shooting war over some trivial ****. Then it blows up in Kosovo, the Albanians repeating last years BS rioting on much more aggravated scale, eventually declaring independent Kosova that is part of Albania.

Serbs scream bloody murder and steamroll into the already overstretched KFOR that's both fighting with the Albanians and trying to keep them from butchering the Serb civilians. The Russians join their Serb cousins this time, still smarting from the (somewhat) humiliating losses of influence over Ukraine et al.

So that's Middle East in flames, Balkans in flames and Far East in flames. The Bush Co. spitefully tells Europeans to "deal with it" and withdraw their remaining forces from Kosovo while Russians marshall their forces on the new NATO border on the Baltics...

Yeah, it needs work and is as believable as a promise from a politician but what do you think? FYI it's a scenario I'm using for series of scenarios or a campaign using SPMBT about WWIII, starting this year august/september... p-)

[Werewolf01]

Just you wait!

The US gets increasingly bogged down in the Middle East while China and Taiwan get into a rapidly escalating shooting war over some trivial ****. Then it blows up in Kosovo, the Albanians repeating last years BS rioting on much more aggravated scale, eventually declaring independent Kosova that is part of Albania.

Serbs scream bloody murder and steamroll into the already overstretched KFOR that's both fighting with the Albanians and trying to keep them from butchering the Serb civilians. The Russians join their Serb cousins this time, still smarting from the (somewhat) humiliating losses of influence over Ukraine et al.

So that's Middle East in flames, Balkans in flames and Far East in flames. The Bush Co. spitefully tells Europeans to "deal with it" and withdraw their remaining forces from Kosovo while Russians marshall their forces on the new NATO border on the Baltics...

Yeah, it needs work and is as believable as a promise from a politician but what do you think? FYI it's a scenario I'm using for series of scenarios or a campaign using SPMBT about WWIII, starting this year august/september... p-)

Toss China and Pakistan vs. India in there and you have a party.

[VISTREL]

sounds great..can't wait for conflicts to escalate woot


jk :oops:

[BigBaribal]

Just you wait!

The US gets increasingly bogged down in the Middle East while China and Taiwan get into a rapidly escalating shooting war over some trivial ****. Then it blows up in Kosovo, the Albanians repeating last years BS rioting on much more aggravated scale, eventually declaring independent Kosova that is part of Albania.

Serbs scream bloody murder and steamroll into the already overstretched KFOR that's both fighting with the Albanians and trying to keep them from butchering the Serb civilians. The Russians join their Serb cousins this time, still smarting from the (somewhat) humiliating losses of influence over Ukraine et al.

So that's Middle East in flames, Balkans in flames and Far East in flames. The Bush Co. spitefully tells Europeans to "deal with it" and withdraw their remaining forces from Kosovo while Russians marshall their forces on the new NATO border on the Baltics...

Yeah, it needs work and is as believable as a promise from a politician but what do you think? FYI it's a scenario I'm using for series of scenarios or a campaign using SPMBT about WWIII, starting this year august/september... p-)


Don't forget large scale riots or low-intensity guerrila Aztlan-USA in 15-20 years.

[BigBaribal]

The situation with an overpopulated China and an empty Russia will probably be too interesting around the Siberian area, when the yellow empire would ask its "lebensraum".

[PeterRJG]

The situation with an overpopulated China and an empty Russia will probably be too interesting around the Siberian area, when the yellow empire would ask its "lebensraum".

Why has China never done this in over what? 3000-4000 years of its history?
Do you think overpopulation is the sole reason for expansion and conquest?

[Sayeret]

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a huge World War considering how things are going now.

There's going to be a big nuclear war in the future which will probably turn into a world war, considering just how many nations have nuclear weapons.

[Lazy Lob]

Toss China and Pakistan vs. India in there and you have a party.

With disco ball included?

[OnTheRocks]

The situation with an overpopulated China and an empty Russia will probably be too interesting around the Siberian area, when the yellow empire would ask its "lebensraum".

Overpopulation?
Have you any idea how HUGE China really is?
Its only slightly smaller than the USA in comparative landsize, with vast areas that are unpopulated..

its really getting tedious with all you people thinking that China is going to explode due to overpopulation or some crap like that when facts are pointing to the other direction, ffs!!!

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

Nah I doubt there will be any strife between the big players, lots of small wars thats the game there much more profitable.

[Stormy]

The Gods spoke to me and it said all humans deserve the worst of the worst, You all disappoint the Gods with your ways of living. You all shall be eradicated and only then.. the Cockroaches shall rule the earth!

This shall be the our scenario b4 anything else takes place.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1640000/images/_1644899_aster300.jpg

;)

[walford]

As I have said before, so long as tyranny exists in the world, there will always be war.

It's already in progress. WWIII was the Cold War. This current World War is being fought on several fronts, including within the culture. It will be determined whether Western Civilization has the will to survive. It seems not.

One major battleground will be demographic -- will we continue to shrink as a people [aborting, not having our own babies] while being bred out by those who have no conception of tolerating other ways of life? Perhaps the major worldwide conflagration will ensue when it is determined that we are an over-ripe fruit that can easily knocked off.

When this happens, the majority of our species will be wiped out. Have a nice day.

[Flagg]

I reckon Desert Storm 2.0 is foreshadowing of things to come.

Whatever the claimed justification was, the end result is a direct or indirect attempt to ensure critical natural resources continue to flow.

The recent reapproachment with Libya, by both the UK and US, whereby Tony Blair shook hands with(and in effect forgave) a man responsible for the cold blooded murder of a Police Constable and the victims of Pan-am Lockerbie is one example.

The much lauded effort to support East Timorese independance is viewed as a successful internation operation.......would the same scale of intervention occurred if East Timor wasn't found to be rich in Natural Gas?

it's safe to say many localized, a good number of regional, and possibly a global conflict could be fought over natural resources:

water, oil, and gas( and possibly other critical commodities) will be the drivers of future conflicts as the peoples of the second and third world seek their own local version of the "American Dream."

In my opinion, specific likely regional/global flash points include the Spratley Islands, Russia/China border conflicts, the 'Stans, as well as unintended consequences of global players like the US and/or China undermining a nation like Venezuela.

I see China being THE focal point of any future global conflict as it possesses the greatest growing hunger for natural resources, seeks to take it's rightful place in global politics, and lacks recent societal pain and suffering from conflict(it's quickly approaching 30 years since China's border conflict with Vietnam, and over 50 since Korea).

[vryhpyammoadded]

As long as there are those of avarice, selfishness and a manipulative nature in existence, there will always be the possibility of war, even world war.
I am somewhat optimistic in that a few responsible nuke nations may help to keep these aspects of human nature to the low boil of minor conflicts but, as the technology proliferates, becoming more accessible, I grow concerned and hope those new nuclear nations quickly mature under the threat of MAD from another nuclear power.
So, the stakes are raised a bit. I think the human race will survive just fine and not blow itself to bits.

[fremen]

Venezuela forms a "Triple Alliance" with Trinidad & Tobago, and the island of Aruba. Together, they decide to invade the United States. Pretty soon they are joined by Jamaica and Grenada. The U.S. falls within two or three months, but an underground resistance forms consisting mainly of gun nuts and groundhogs. The resistance crumbles because winter causes the groundhogs to hibernate, Nascar season starts, and Walmart ammo prices rise dramatically. All this within the next six months.

[K-9s BEST]

No WW3? Didn`t you boys and girls pay attention in history class?

OF COURSE there`ll be another world war,...and it`ll be the grandest of all wars. And the shortest. And the nuclearist. (sic) The whole idea makes MY "arsenal" rather puny. (if only Wal-mart stocked nukes instead of jeans. One can only dream, can`t one?)

And in the end, all these beautiful Su-29s, F-22s, JSFs, Leos, Challengers, M1A2s, T-80s, subs and carriers? Poof!

The only survivors? 3 lesbians. God DOES have a sense of humor.

[Hot Lips]

I'll put a ten spot down on yes.

[Group9]

I don't forsee another major global conflict, but neither did the world following WWI. :|

We can only hope. But, I think it is the height of arrogance to think we have seen the end of global war. Sooner or later, it will happen again. Some lessons just have to be learned over and over again.