Are you ready for World War 3? Preparation time
Biffo the Bear
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With World War 3 looking reasonably likely I thought I'd offer some handy hints on how to get through it.
1. Keep a good stock of digestives and teabags. Buy premium tea while it's still available or else you might get stuck with the cheap stuff. Not good in a crisis.
2. Buy an extra duvet to keep warm if the electric goes off or we have a nuclear winter.
3. Get a catapult with which to fend off invaders.
4. Learn Russian just in case they beat us and you need to find a job with the new secret police.
Any other hints?
1. Keep a good stock of digestives and teabags. Buy premium tea while it's still available or else you might get stuck with the cheap stuff. Not good in a crisis.
2. Buy an extra duvet to keep warm if the electric goes off or we have a nuclear winter.
3. Get a catapult with which to fend off invaders.
4. Learn Russian just in case they beat us and you need to find a job with the new secret police.
Any other hints?
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China
North Korea
Iran
Oh we'll be OK then, China are our mates.
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No. But I'm fully prepped for the zombie apocalypse after.
The Attorney General said it was legal.
The Chinese aren't particularly good friends with Russia, and haven't been for many years.
They'd very likely stay out of any armed conflict in Europe, provided it doesn't threaten their interests.
North Korea will probably be kept in check by the Chinese too, BUT if the US gets involved in any European conflict the N. Koreans may use it to their advantage and launch an attack on South Korea, if the US moves forces away from South Korea to Europe.
Iran is a bit of an unknown quantity. I still doubt they'd get involved, as they haven't in the somewhat similar conflict in South Ossetia a few years ago.
nothing will happen europe and obumma will waffle but do nothing
bottom line Putin controls the taps ,gas goes on. gas goes off
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but difficult to run a country in the dark,
instead of listening to the ecomentalists and wasting billions on windmils that dont work MOST of the time
we should start fracking now and build the nuclear power plants
in the next 20 yrs energy security is king
There will never be another world war imho.
How can you be so sure?
Its actually a terrifying prospect for some folk. Not a humourous topic
TBH I think it would be difficult to have a world war now because of the communication net that covers the globe. There are no hidden states of any import who can actually do anything that would be be 'bang surprise'. Additionally, one of the few upsides about having this corporate elite in control of markets etc. is that money talks, and even the nuttiest leaders can be bought with the promise of investment etc.
People often point at North Korea, but if they did something stupid like attack the South or Japan, China would invade them straight away to restore peace.
Putin's not stupid either; if there was a tangible and occurring threat to disrupt the wellbeing and fortunes of the Russian oligarchs, he's have a bullet in the back of his head in no short time.
The only way it could happen would be in the event of plague or asteroid strike, or something which causes a widespread breakdown in communications and global supply links. That might be the time when a crazy general could take it upon themselves to spread their message of hope to other nations, but only then.
IMHO of course.
The same Attorney General who ten days earlier had decided that it was illegal? Either way, Blair & Co. can argue their case at The Hague. If he's not guilty that he should feel vindicated.
It depends what you mean by World War.
The First World War wasn't really a true World War. It was a European war. Yes it involved some 20 odd nations from around the World in terms of troops etc., especially on our side due to the British Empire at the time, but it was fought almost entirely in Europe, and parts of Turkey.
If the First World War was indeed a World War, then really the Gulf War was a World War too, as it too had many nations around the World involved in armed conflict. It wasn't just the Americans and us.
World War 2 though, that truly was a World War..
But times have changed too. Most major powers are now intertwined so massively in terms of their economies that any massive conflict, especially one that dragged on for months/years, could be hugely detrimental to all of the major World powers. It's also extremely difficult today for any major nation to build up to war without the other side(s) being fully aware of any build up.
If there is a conflict in the Ukraine it will be along the lines of the Balkan conflicts of the 90s.
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