Do You Think There Will Be A World War 3?

[Chairman-Mao]

highwaystar101 said:

Chairman-Mao said:

highwaystar101 said:
The world is too politically and economically intertwined, this will likely prevent a world war 3 while conditions are like this.
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I agree with this. My post was mostly thinking out loud.

 

For a war to be considered a world war I'd have to assume that any combination of Russia, China, India, Europe and USA must be involved and I just don't see any of these countries going to war with one another.

I could see India and Pakistan going to war with each other but I doubt the other major superpowers would get involved; thus not making it a world war.

Agreed,

However, I think India and Pakistan would get very messy very quickly. If Pakistan attacked India, Britain would get involved straight away because attacking India is essentially attacking us. Once Britain get's involved you may find that the commonwealth and Britain's allies (USA, most of Europe, etc...) would get involved to some degree. But India wouldn't be the only one with powerful allies, you may find that many countries would support Pakistan. However, I think China and Russia would need places like USA and Europe too much to get directly involved.

That is a definite possiblility. I guess we'll just have to hope they can agree to some kind of treaty over Kashmir (and the other disputed areas) and leave each other alone. I don't think either of them really wants to go to war any more then the other.