World War III, anyone?

[Garpal Gumnut]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...one-as-British-troops-prepare-for-action.html

This could very well escalate quite dramatically.

The RAF could become involved in any operation by this evening, according to British sources. However, the raids may be spearheaded by an Arab nation such as Qatar or the UAE.

Last night, Col Gaddafi threatened to launch retaliation attacks against passenger aircraft in the Mediterranean if foreign countries launch air strikes against Libya.

The Libyan regime said that "any foreign military act" would expose "all air and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean Sea" as targets for a counter attack.

The warning was sounded within hours of the American Government formally backing a joint British and French initiative for a no-fly zone and other military action to be taken against Col Gaddafi's regime.

gg

 

[nioka]

show me one polli which will say I am going to put this country in a mild recession for 1yearso we can have 5 years of good growth. r)

Curtain, Menzies, Keating .

 

[konkon]

World War III will not happen.

The main reason for this is because unlike previous eras of powerful and wealthy nations and leaders hating each other, nearly all leadership in most wealthy (key word) countries have a mutual interest in the future of their and the world's economy; they are there to make money off an overworked and conforming consumer in their and other countries. My point here is that in this day and age, most wealthy countries are making lots of money off their and other nations' consumers, not to mention a cross-boarder market system that nearly all nations can participate in. The leadership in these (wealthy) countries have a mutual agreement to be more proactive participants in this global economy, rather than to fight and bicker endlessly over territories, commodities etc. Some countries will continue to fight over land etc, but they are not influential enough to reign-in all major countries into a global war. It just won't happen.

Sure you will find citizens in several countries fighting, but they are fighting with their own governments/people for more wealth and a better future for their families and fellow citizens. They, overall, don't have it in for other people from other countries, in general, and even if they did they wouldn't have enough gravitational pull to force other nations into a major conflict.

In the past, you had deep-seeded hatred (and xenophobia) of other races, nationalities, from the top (leadership) down (us, the people). Leaders in various rich counties in the past were ready to go to war with each other way before a major war had even started. You do have some rouge nations today, but the key here is that no wealthy nation has any real interest to go to war with other wealthy nations. So there isn't going to be a major world war.

We are also too busy chatting with others on social media outlets and using interesting applications on our fancy phones to worry about politics too much or starting some #@$#&^% with others from another country! And this is a good thing.

 

[wayneL]

Curtain, Menzies, Keating .

Keating never telegraphed a recession for future growth (a concept I entirely agree with), merely pointed out that it was "a recession we had to have" after the fact.

Big difference.

 

[Whiskers]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...one-as-British-troops-prepare-for-action.html

This could very well escalate quite dramatically.



gg

Agree... and just the fact that Gadaffi makes the threats highlights that he is an international terrorist.

Should he attempt to carry out his threat I suspect he will feel the wrath of France, Britan and the US in no uncertain terms. His offshore acounts are already frozen. He is looking pretty isolated. It may not be pretty, but I expect it would be easier than Iraq and Afganastan if they let the Libyans do the ground work and just clean up Gadaffi's airforce and defences... and 'accidently' mistake a few tanks and artillary for aac aac guns.

But I can't see it escalating to anything like a world war now that the Arab league have condemned him and the UN no fly zone resolution with no UN member opposing it, just abstaining.

 

[xyzedarteerf]

2011 Kegs and Eggs Riot (House of Pain Remix) - U-Albany Albany Students

 

[Tisme]

Interesting transcription article from post war 1946 by Marxist

https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/fi/vol07/no06/thorne.htm