How likely do you think WWIII is?

[Moe87]

Hard question, so I don't know for sure but wider regional conflict could escalate into WWIII in Middle East (Iran vs. Israel/US), Russia vs. Europe and China vs. Taiwan/US/Japan/Australia.

 

[Xzi]

A bit torn on this one. Even Russia is kind of angling for peace at this point (with the condition that they get to keep at least a third of Ukraine), and the reason is that authoritarian oligarchy can now take over the world without firing a single shot. We live in a post-fact era, and AI can generate more nonsense in a minute than can be refuted or fact-checked in an entire year. That, coupled with accelerating climate change, is probably this century's biggest existential threat to humanity's survival. I'm not at all confident the species will make it to the year 2100, regardless of what happens or doesn't happen with conventional warfare along the way.

 

[titan_tim]

Really hard to tell. There are a lot of potential areas that could be powder kegs.

-Ukraine will probably have neighboring countries come in with their soldiers to push out Russia. That would basically cause peace in that area while Russia recuperates their horrible losses.
-Israel and Palestine could go into something larger if the US comes in to take possession of the area. You KNOW that the other Middle-east countries won't sit back and let that happen. They're the one's who are crazy enough to detonate a nuke.
-China could probably take Taiwan with only some resistance from the neighbors (Probably not from the traitor Trump).

 

[LightyKD]

VERY likely. Let's just hope that the Vulcans or some other similar species are around the corner to help us pull out the mess once it's done.

 

[Deleted member 731084]

Yes that is also my point. We agree.

It's not just all game theory though, you must look at failure modes.

All that's been between us and nuclear war is one Stanislav Petrov.

 

[Exnor]

VERY likely. Let's just hope that the Vulcans or some other similar species are around the corner to help us pull out the mess once it's done.

Oh if only. Sadly i think we are on our own :'(

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

 

[spinal_cord]

Why do ANY Americans think that Trump handing Ukraine to Russia is a good thing? Trump is supposed to be the "Leader of the free world" yet he is literally taking orders from communist Russia.

Only THREE countries in the world refused to admit that Russia started the conflict, one of those is USA, even though it was documented as and when it happened. I genuinely do not understand how this man has a single supporter, every time his lips move he tells a lie, he had to be corrected by the president of France live on air, then after being corrected, repeated the exact same lie.

 

[Noctosphere]

WW3 already happened, a long time ago. It just had a different name.
Other wars had the magnitude of a world war, such as the cold war or the war against terrorism.

 

[Deleted member 731084]

communist Russia

no

 

[spinal_cord]

no

Ok, fair point, but it still is being run by a dictator.

 

[Deleted member 709839]

Technically speaking, WW3 already happened.

The '7 years war' is largely considered the very first world conflict.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Trump just proved how terrible Zelensky is.

To have a snarky attitude after begging for hundreds of billions of dollars to fund a pointless war is crazy. US should pull out entirely from Ukraine.

That little wannabe tyrant is happy having a perpetual war so long as the rest of the world pays for it.

 

[SeltzerMist]

Trump just proved how terrible Zelensky is.

To have a snarky attitude after begging for hundreds of billions of dollars to fund a pointless war is crazy. US should pull out entirely from Ukraine.

That little wannabe tyrant is happy having a perpetual war so long as the rest of the world pays for it.

Who invaded who again?

 

[Dark_Ansem]

courtesty of those two fascist swines Dump and Vance, the mascara-laced puppet? Much earlier than I thought.

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Trump just proved how terrible Zelensky is.

No, Dump and Vance embarassed themselves in front of the whole world, but of course you lot would rather tear your eyes out than admit the truth in front of them.

To have a snarky attitude after begging for hundreds of billions of dollars to fund a pointless war is crazy. US should pull out entirely from Ukraine.

You would have definitely snitched on Anne Frank. US promised NATO membership and forced Ukraine to give up nukes. You lot are filthy scavenger parasites.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Who invaded who again?

Who's rejected multiple peace talks again?
Who's happy perpetuating a pointless war?
Who is begging the rest of the world to fund it?

 

[subcon959]

I heard Trump and Vance are trying to extort $500 billion worth of minerals from Ukraine in exchange for a "deal".

That display from Vance was utterly vile though.

 

[Dark_Ansem]

News outlets are really failing to provide their readers/viewers the context/reminder that President Trump’s first impeachment was linked to his attempts to bully Ukraine into providing damaging information against Joe Biden…

 

[SeltzerMist]

Who's rejected multiple peace talks again?
Who's happy perpetuating a pointless war?
Who is begging the rest of the world to fund it?

Ah, couldn't answer a very simple question and had to resort to whataboutism again.

Answer the question, who invaded who?

The answer is literally 1 word. Are you that intellectually incapable of even this simple task?

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

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News outlets are really failing to provide their readers/viewers the context/reminder that President Trump’s first impeachment was linked to his attempts to bully Ukraine into providing damaging information against Joe Biden…

Why are you such a simp for this random Ukrainian? The guy has been given hundreds of billions of dollars and walks up to the white house and one of the first words out of his mouth is "you're not doing enough for me".

The attitude of this little midget is detestable. Hopefully Ukraine have the brains to remove this guy from power and put someone in his place that actually wants to STOP war, stop pointless killing.

Leftists for some reason love war and pointless death.

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Ah, couldn't answer a very simple question and had to resort to whataboutism again.

Answer the question, who invaded who?

The answer is literally 1 word. Are you that intellectually incapable of even this simple task?

WHY did Russia invade?