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26 Jul 2006 03:37:23 AM |
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Could this be the start of World War III? With so much tinder ready to ignite, we can't afford complacency...25/7/6 |
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Could this be the start of World War III?
With so much tinder ready to ignite, we can't afford complacency
DAVID BOSCO
Los Angeles Times
It was late June in Sarajevo when Gavrilo Princip shot Archduke Franz
Ferdinand and his wife. After emptying his revolver, the young Serb
nationalist was quickly seized. But the events he set in motion could
not be so easily restrained. Two months later, Europe was at war.
Small, violent acts can spark global conflagration. Reverberations from
Princip's shots ultimately took more than 10 million lives, shattered
four empires and dragged more than two dozen countries into war.
As the world watches violence in the Middle East, the awareness of
peace's fragility is acute. The bloodshed in Lebanon appears to be part
of a broader upsurge in unrest. Iraq is suffering through one of its
bloodiest months since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Taliban militants
are attacking villages in southern Afghanistan. Nuclear-armed India is
cleaning up wreckage from a large terrorist attack in which it suspects
militants from rival Pakistan. The world is awash in weapons, North
Korea and Iran are developing nuclear capabilities, and long-range
missile technology is spreading like a virus.
Forecast: Armageddon
Some see the start of a global conflict. "We're in the early stages of
what I would describe as the Third World War," former House Speaker
Newt Gingrich said recently. Certain religious Web sites are abuzz with
talk of Armageddon. There may be as much hyperbole as prophecy in the
forecasts for world war. But it's not hard to conjure ways that today's
hot spots could ignite.Consider these scenarios:
Targeting Iran: As Israeli troops destroy Hezbollah forces in Lebanon,
intelligence officials spot a shipment of Iranian missiles heading for
Lebanon. The Israeli government decides to strike the convoy and
Iranian nuclear facilities simultaneously. Iran's Revolutionary Guards
surge across the border into Iraq to strike Israel's American allies.
Governments in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia face violent
street protests demanding retribution against Israel -- and they
eventually yield, triggering war.
Missiles away: North Korea's Kim Jong Il decides to continue his
fireworks show. But this time a missile designed to fall into the sea
near Japan goes astray and hits Tokyo, killing a dozen civilians. The
U.S., Japan's treaty ally, bombs North Korean missile and nuclear
sites. North Korean artillery batteries fire on Seoul, and South Korean
and U.S. troops respond. Chinese troops cross the border from the north
to stem the flow of desperate refugees just as U.S. troops advance from
the south. Suddenly, the world's superpower and newest great power are
nose to nose.
Loose nukes: Al-Qaida, which has had Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf in its sights for years, finally gets its man. Pakistan
descends into chaos as militants roam the streets. India decides to
exploit the vacuum and punish the Kashmir-based militants it blames for
the railway bombings. U.S. forces sent to secure Pakistani nuclear
facilities face off against an angry mob.
The empire strikes back: Pressure for democratic reform erupts in
Belarus. As protesters mass outside the parliament, President
Lukashenko requests Russian support. After protesters are beaten and
killed, they appeal for help. Poland -- a NATO member with bitter
memories of Soviet repression -- launches a humanitarian mission to
shelter the regime's opponents. Polish and Russian troops clash, and a
confrontation with NATO looms.
There is more than enough tinder lying around to spark a great power
conflict. How effective have the major powers become at preventing
regional conflicts from escalating?
Must small conflicts escalate?
The end of the Cold War had the salutary effect of dialing down many
regional conflicts. In the 1960s and 1970s, every crisis in the Middle
East had the potential to draw in the superpowers in defense of their
respective client states. Nearly every Cold War conflict was a proxy
war. Now, many local crises can be handed off to the humanitarians or
simply ignored.
But there's a downside. In the old days, the competing superpowers
sometimes reined in bellicose client states out of fear that regional
conflicts would escalate. Which of the major powers today can claim to
have such influence over Tehran or Pyongyang?
Today's world has one great advantage: None of the leading powers
appears determined to reorder international affairs, as Germany was
before both world wars and as Japan was in the years before World War
II.
Another factor working in favor of caution: nuclear weapons. Europe's
leaders on the eve of World War I can perhaps be forgiven for not
understanding the carnage they were about to unleash. That generation
grew up in a world of short wars that did limited damage. Leaders today
have no such illusions.
So there is reason to hope that the major powers have little interest
in playing with fire. But complacency is dangerous. The British
economist Norman Angell once argued persuasively that deep economic
links made conflict between the great powers obsolete. His book
appeared in 1910 and was still in shops when Europe's armies poured
across their borders in 1914.
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| Title: Re: Could this be the start of World War III? With so much tinder ready to ignite, we can't afford complacency...25/7/6 |
26 Jul 2006 06:09:40 AM |
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"¿An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.·:*¨¨*:·.
?©®T.·:*¨¨*:·.HOOROO.·:*¨¨*:·.sheiße !!!!" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca>
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www.charlotte.com/
Could this be the start of World War III?
If it were, then there would be a WWIV, because this is NOT the end of the
age.
Ike
www.eickleberrybooks.com
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| User: "Who" |
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| Title: Re: Could this be the start of World War III? With so much tinder ready to ignite, we can't afford complacency...25/7/6 |
27 Jul 2006 04:33:54 AM |
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:09:40 -0500, "H.E. Eickleberry, Jr."
<Yeickleberrybooks@comcast.net> wrote:
"An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.:**:.
?T.:**:.HOOROO.:**:.shei� !!!!" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca>
wrote in message
news:1153903043.554926.188100@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
www.charlotte.com/
Could this be the start of World War III?
If it were, then there would be a WWIV, because this is NOT the end of the
age.
Ike
www.eickleberrybooks.com
Make that World War 1V and V. As World War 111 has passed already.
Also known as "the cold war". Remember?
HooOoorooOoo
[Note from Newsmaster: system will be going down for repair 07/27]
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26 Jul 2006 04:22:17 AM |
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Your worst nightmare
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the Armed Forces of Israel, &
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