is World War 3 going to happen?

[john hensley]

with the Iran, China trade and military deal, and Trump's appointment of Kash Patel who is an expert on Hezbollah, as his leader for the DoD, I think somethings gonna go down.

[fraze]

Yeah probably. But not much any of us can do about it, so...

[Eviction]

One can argue that world war 3 already happened.

[El Muffin]

Idk why but I’m under the impression worldwide conventional wars won’t happen in our lifetimes

Just some proxy bs .. like what’s been happening since the 70s-80s on up until now

And I don’t think there will ever be an exchange of nukes either .. as much as ppl like to compare stockpiles

Just a dick swinging contest but I understand the premise Of developing such weaponry

Mfs will speculate on ww3 happening soon just like they do every time there’s a conflict of interest between us and any other major power

Wars usually have objectives that both sides want to see through . No one benefits from all out destruction & there’s no winner..

That being said .. I can guarantee we will see bunches of wars that are on some falklands type shit

[El Muffin]

Originally Posted by Eviction

One can argue that world war 3 already happened.

Elaborate would you kindly

[Smod of War]

Nah

[El Muffin]

Falklands is a bad example . Disregard

More applicable is the Soviet afghan war

Imo We will see plenty of shit like that

[fraze]

There is likely to be conflict as China rises to become a new world power.

Russia is also struggling against decline and have taken an agressive stance against the West.

Iran and North Korea are unstable nuclear powers.

Terrorism (and the desire to fight wars to stop it is still a thing).

The United States is arguably in decline and has incentives to use its military industrial engine for perpetual war to stabilize its position.

And if you were a power player in any of these situations, would you rather take action during the waning days of the chaos of Trump or in a more stable and assertive Biden administration?

Not saying conflict will definitely happen. But the shit is ripe.

[El Muffin]

“The shit has been ripe “every few years since goddamn desert storm just like mfs mention NK every year as if they are on the brink of launching those mfs . Reminds me of chyeah and elenin

Im skeptical

I like how you put Biden and assertive in the same sentence too lol nice touch

All jokes aside .. I hear you on the capitalizing on our powerful military Talking point but this wouidnt be ww2. I don’t see a war on that scale ever contributing to the economy like that ever again...

Proxy wars or lopsided contests till the death of us . Watch

[Geno]

Yes. The better question is when

[Destroyer]

I’m in a contender match and I already have two votes against me

So, it’s possible

[El Muffin]

Originally Posted by White Earl

Yes. The better question is when

Not in your lifetime

When was the last worldwide conventional war ?


...


You weren’t alive

It’s been the biggest lapse of time in between those kind of wars And there’s a reason for that

[Geno]

Exactly, -when.

[El Muffin]

Word , word

It’s just every other year these talks arise

Given the circumstances and present situation I don’t think anything stands out as a warning sign pointing towards impending war

Especially not someone In particular being in office Over here like OP mentioned ( kash Patel )

[El Muffin]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

I’m in a contender match and I already have two votes against me

So, it’s possible

Vintage destro

[El Muffin]

I think 2014 was the last time I felt there could of been a chain of events that led to ww3

With Russia fkn w/ the Crimea & all that

We all see what happened with that . Absolute disdain and indifference

A fucking speech chastising the Russians lmao

Tbh I’ve never been concerned with crackhead North Korea . Only if they suddenly become resolute & try to unify the mainland . Buttttt .. that’s not happening anytime soon either . Based on how things have somewhat tapered off in comparison to a decade ( maybe less) ago

[Sharp]

I think muff's got it. We already fight proxy wars. Eventually it may bubble over to an EU/NATO/whatever type alliance being directly attacked, but even that wouldn't be enough on its own to drag the whole world into direct conflict.

[El Muffin]

Definitely not naïveté either

Believe me my nihilistic ass lowkey wants something tremendous to happen . Spice my life up some more woukd you kindly lmao

But nahhhh .

[Diode]

no.

[fraze]

Originally Posted by El Muffin

“The shit has been ripe “every few years since goddamn desert storm just like mfs mention NK every year as if they are on the brink of launching those mfs . Reminds me of chyeah and elenin

Im skeptical

I like how you put Biden and assertive in the same sentence too lol nice touch

All jokes aside .. I hear you on the capitalizing on our powerful military Talking point but this wouidnt be ww2. I don’t see a war on that scale ever contributing to the economy like that ever again...

Proxy wars or lopsided contests till the death of us . Watch

Biden is assertive in the sense that he follows the classical consensus on American foreign policy where when our adversaries do something that hurts us we do something back. Trump follows a different school of thought.

The difference between current situation and the previous era of single polar US dominance and former colder war era is the increased number of players in large power competition. It's easy to maintain a stalemate when no one can compete with the US (any war is a guaranteed lose) or when there is an opponent of equal strength (mutual assured destruction).

Once you get to a 3 polar world, two people have incentives to gang up on the other person and make it a 2 person game (then hopefully win that contest and be the sole power).

China is entering the game now. That will have effects on the power dynamics.