World War III?

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: dighn
I don't think it's likely. The world is a different place today. Everybody's got nukes; the world is a much smaller place now, everyone's doing business with everyone else, a major war would screw up everybody. And I really hope we have learned from the horrors of the previous world wars. I don't even want to consider the possibility of a WW3. Another war like that would prove us to be a hopeless race.

Another World War if it does happen, will be a quick and nasty one, but America and it's allies will win again. in the 40's Japan realized it had royally screwed the pooch when it attached the US at Pearl Harbor.

If the US really has to gear up for war, we've proven we can. And being one of the only deep water navys in the world, we don't have to warry to much about any combat on our soil. And if it were to happen, The U.S., England, Israel, and Japan would all be allies, and that, my friends is a scary, scary group to be fighting against.

Nukes will be used, The "Axis of Evil" will use them in an attempt to scare us, and we will respond in kind, but on a much more massive scale.

if nukes are ever used you might as well kiss the world good bye. Nuclear winter anyone?

You think the US will win? If you look at cycles of world powers, the US has hit its peak already, and is on its demise. Who knows if we can keep it up still.

We're like Britain on the eve of WWI.

i know enough rednecks around here with enough guns in their trucks to start their own army. the US would not go down easily.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: dighn
I don't think it's likely. The world is a different place today. Everybody's got nukes; the world is a much smaller place now, everyone's doing business with everyone else, a major war would screw up everybody. And I really hope we have learned from the horrors of the previous world wars. I don't even want to consider the possibility of a WW3. Another war like that would prove us to be a hopeless race.

Another World War if it does happen, will be a quick and nasty one, but America and it's allies will win again. in the 40's Japan realized it had royally screwed the pooch when it attached the US at Pearl Harbor.

If the US really has to gear up for war, we've proven we can. And being one of the only deep water navys in the world, we don't have to warry to much about any combat on our soil. And if it were to happen, The U.S., England, Israel, and Japan would all be allies, and that, my friends is a scary, scary group to be fighting against.

Nukes will be used, The "Axis of Evil" will use them in an attempt to scare us, and we will respond in kind, but on a much more massive scale.

if nukes are ever used you might as well kiss the world good bye. Nuclear winter anyone?

You think the US will win? If you look at cycles of world powers, the US has hit its peak already, and is on its demise. Who knows if we can keep it up still.

We're like Britain on the eve of WWI.

i know enough rednecks around here with enough guns in their trucks to start their own army. the US would not go down easily.

It's not that we don't have the raw power to kick @$$, but rather the constraints we have on fighting wars. We can't just jump into wars that easily anymore, especially with globalization. We're so dependent on foreign trade that there is no way we would survive.

You think China is crap against us right? True. Militarily, they can't really match us, but remember how the Soviets were able to beat the Germans. They simply mobilize all their people into battle. The U.S. cannot afford to do that and if you bring back a draft, you can watch chaos in our cities erupt. If we can't even go into Iraq so easily, what makes you think we can fight a WW3?

Take a lesson from Civilization. Democracies suck at fighting wars.

 

[jEnus]

Originally posted by: BD2003
We don't have a vested interest in africa. If you've got guilt over it, you are free to donate.

QFT

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

It's not that we don't have the raw power to kick @$$, but rather the constraints we have on fighting wars. We can't just jump into wars that easily anymore, especially with globalization. We're so dependent on foreign trade that there is no way we would survive.

You think China is crap against us right? True. Militarily, they can't really match us, but remember how the Soviets were able to beat the Germans. They simply mobilize all their people into battle. The U.S. cannot afford to do that and if you bring back a draft, you can watch chaos in our cities erupt. If we can't even go into Iraq so easily, what makes you think we can fight a WW3?

Take a lesson from Civilization. Democracies suck at fighting wars.

a draft would indeed be chaotic...:Q i'd love to see some of the geeks in my engineering classes on the battle field (myself included).

 

[linkgoron]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: DLeRium

It's not that we don't have the raw power to kick @$$, but rather the constraints we have on fighting wars. We can't just jump into wars that easily anymore, especially with globalization. We're so dependent on foreign trade that there is no way we would survive.

You think China is crap against us right? True. Militarily, they can't really match us, but remember how the Soviets were able to beat the Germans. They simply mobilize all their people into battle. The U.S. cannot afford to do that and if you bring back a draft, you can watch chaos in our cities erupt. If we can't even go into Iraq so easily, what makes you think we can fight a WW3?

Take a lesson from Civilization. Democracies suck at fighting wars.

a draft would indeed be chaotic...:Q i'd love to see some of the geeks in my engineering classes on the battle field (myself included).

"WHERE'S THE RELOAD BUTTON?!"

or

"When's the next spawn?"

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: linkgoron

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: DLeRium

It's not that we don't have the raw power to kick @$$, but rather the constraints we have on fighting wars. We can't just jump into wars that easily anymore, especially with globalization. We're so dependent on foreign trade that there is no way we would survive.

You think China is crap against us right? True. Militarily, they can't really match us, but remember how the Soviets were able to beat the Germans. They simply mobilize all their people into battle. The U.S. cannot afford to do that and if you bring back a draft, you can watch chaos in our cities erupt. If we can't even go into Iraq so easily, what makes you think we can fight a WW3?

Take a lesson from Civilization. Democracies suck at fighting wars.

a draft would indeed be chaotic...:Q i'd love to see some of the geeks in my engineering classes on the battle field (myself included).

"WHERE'S THE RELOAD BUTTON?!"

or

"When's the next spawn?"

LMAO:thumbsup:

 

[SpanishFry]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
It's not that we don't have the raw power to kick @$$, but rather the constraints we have on fighting wars. We can't just jump into wars that easily anymore, especially with globalization. We're so dependent on foreign trade that there is no way we would survive.

You think China is crap against us right? True. Militarily, they can't really match us, but remember how the Soviets were able to beat the Germans. They simply mobilize all their people into battle. The U.S. cannot afford to do that and if you bring back a draft, you can watch chaos in our cities erupt. If we can't even go into Iraq so easily, what makes you think we can fight a WW3?

Take a lesson from Civilization. Democracies suck at fighting wars.

I think you're right for the most part. I do however think if we were involved in a war of survival, we could really go out and kick ass. We've been fighting these "secondary" or "peripheral" wars. Wars in faraway places that are for all intents, inconsequential. If we were in the middle of a fight for our survival and future I don't think it would be such a problem to project our might and conquer.

Who knows though.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: kmr1212

Originally posted by: DLeRium
It's not that we don't have the raw power to kick @$$, but rather the constraints we have on fighting wars. We can't just jump into wars that easily anymore, especially with globalization. We're so dependent on foreign trade that there is no way we would survive.

You think China is crap against us right? True. Militarily, they can't really match us, but remember how the Soviets were able to beat the Germans. They simply mobilize all their people into battle. The U.S. cannot afford to do that and if you bring back a draft, you can watch chaos in our cities erupt. If we can't even go into Iraq so easily, what makes you think we can fight a WW3?

Take a lesson from Civilization. Democracies suck at fighting wars.

I think you're right for the most part. I do however think if we were involved in a war of survival, we could really go out and kick ass. We've been fighting these "secondary" or "peripheral" wars. Wars in faraway places that are for all intents, inconsequential. If we were in the middle of a fight for our survival and future I don't think it would be such a problem to project our might and conquer.

Who knows though.

especially when you consider that from a very young age most younger americans whether they know it or not have been groomed to have basic military skills. Think about how many folks play paintball, have fired a bb gun, have played strategic shoot em up video games. Even though its not a direct translation to a battlefield....i think given a high pressure situation most people would know about finding the best cover, aim and shoot. See all those quake/doom game were actually good for something!!!

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: kmr1212

Originally posted by: DLeRium
It's not that we don't have the raw power to kick @$$, but rather the constraints we have on fighting wars. We can't just jump into wars that easily anymore, especially with globalization. We're so dependent on foreign trade that there is no way we would survive.

You think China is crap against us right? True. Militarily, they can't really match us, but remember how the Soviets were able to beat the Germans. They simply mobilize all their people into battle. The U.S. cannot afford to do that and if you bring back a draft, you can watch chaos in our cities erupt. If we can't even go into Iraq so easily, what makes you think we can fight a WW3?

Take a lesson from Civilization. Democracies suck at fighting wars.

I think you're right for the most part. I do however think if we were involved in a war of survival, we could really go out and kick ass. We've been fighting these "secondary" or "peripheral" wars. Wars in faraway places that are for all intents, inconsequential. If we were in the middle of a fight for our survival and future I don't think it would be such a problem to project our might and conquer.

Who knows though.

especially when you consider that from a very young age most younger americans whether they know it or not have been groomed to have basic military skills. Think about how many folks play paintball, have fired a bb gun, have played strategic shoot em up video games. Even though its not a direct translation to a battlefield....i think given a high pressure situation most people would know about finding the best cover, aim and shoot. See all those quake/doom game were actually good for something!!!

so all these people storing guns and ammo aren't so crazy after all eh?

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
With North Korean government bodyguards being what they are (we've seen the footage), I think it's all going to come down to one man storming North Korea and winning the war for us. It'll be like Contra, or Doom.

IDDQD
IDKFA

I'm ready.

 

[compuwiz1]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: dighn
I don't think it's likely. The world is a different place today. Everybody's got nukes; the world is a much smaller place now, everyone's doing business with everyone else, a major war would screw up everybody. And I really hope we have learned from the horrors of the previous world wars. I don't even want to consider the possibility of a WW3. Another war like that would prove us to be a hopeless race.

Another World War if it does happen, will be a quick and nasty one, but America and it's allies will win again. in the 40's Japan realized it had royally screwed the pooch when it attached the US at Pearl Harbor.

If the US really has to gear up for war, we've proven we can. And being one of the only deep water navys in the world, we don't have to warry to much about any combat on our soil. And if it were to happen, The U.S., England, Israel, and Japan would all be allies, and that, my friends is a scary, scary group to be fighting against.

Nukes will be used, The "Axis of Evil" will use them in an attempt to scare us, and we will respond in kind, but on a much more massive scale.

if nukes are ever used you might as well kiss the world good bye. Nuclear winter anyone?

You think the US will win? If you look at cycles of world powers, the US has hit its peak already, and is on its demise. Who knows if we can keep it up still.

We're like Britain on the eve of WWI.

i know enough rednecks around here with enough guns in their trucks to start their own army. the US would not go down easily.

Sorry, but the big and final war is not gonna have anything to do with guns, bucko. It's gonna fall from the skies and vaporize everyone. I'm glad however, that you have some redneck friends. 😉

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: kmr1212

Originally posted by: DLeRium
It's not that we don't have the raw power to kick @$$, but rather the constraints we have on fighting wars. We can't just jump into wars that easily anymore, especially with globalization. We're so dependent on foreign trade that there is no way we would survive.

You think China is crap against us right? True. Militarily, they can't really match us, but remember how the Soviets were able to beat the Germans. They simply mobilize all their people into battle. The U.S. cannot afford to do that and if you bring back a draft, you can watch chaos in our cities erupt. If we can't even go into Iraq so easily, what makes you think we can fight a WW3?

Take a lesson from Civilization. Democracies suck at fighting wars.

I think you're right for the most part. I do however think if we were involved in a war of survival, we could really go out and kick ass. We've been fighting these "secondary" or "peripheral" wars. Wars in faraway places that are for all intents, inconsequential. If we were in the middle of a fight for our survival and future I don't think it would be such a problem to project our might and conquer.

Who knows though.

especially when you consider that from a very young age most younger americans whether they know it or not have been groomed to have basic military skills. Think about how many folks play paintball, have fired a bb gun, have played strategic shoot em up video games. Even though its not a direct translation to a battlefield....i think given a high pressure situation most people would know about finding the best cover, aim and shoot. See all those quake/doom game were actually good for something!!!

so all these people storing guns and ammo aren't so crazy after all eh?

I never said they were. My good friends father keeps no less than a 12 fully automatic weapons locked up in their home in a million dollar home neighborhood. he also has club g'itmo t-shirts but.....I know whose house Ill be staying at in a time of crisis.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

I never said they were. My good friends father keeps no less than a 12 fully automatic weapons locked up in their home in a million dollar home neighborhood. he also has club g'itmo t-shirts but.....I know whose house Ill be staying at in a time of crisis.

oh i know i was making fun of gun-control people who want to take away all our guns and call peple crazy for having guns in their house.

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: EKKC
meanwhile: millions are starving to death and dying due to ethnic cleansing in Africa and nobody gives a crap except Brangelina.

these conflicts in the civilized, or the seemingly and supposedly more civilized world in the middle east are so petty and stupid when you compare it to the real problems in these third world countries.

Let Africa take care of themsleves.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

I never said they were. My good friends father keeps no less than a 12 fully automatic weapons locked up in their home in a million dollar home neighborhood. he also has club g'itmo t-shirts but.....I know whose house Ill be staying at in a time of crisis.

oh i know i was making fun of gun-control people who want to take away all our guns and call peple crazy for having guns in their house.

<chris rock>Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollars, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders.?

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: dighn
I don't think it's likely. The world is a different place today. Everybody's got nukes; the world is a much smaller place now, everyone's doing business with everyone else, a major war would screw up everybody. And I really hope we have learned from the horrors of the previous world wars. I don't even want to consider the possibility of a WW3. Another war like that would prove us to be a hopeless race.

Another World War if it does happen, will be a quick and nasty one, but America and it's allies will win again. in the 40's Japan realized it had royally screwed the pooch when it attached the US at Pearl Harbor.

If the US really has to gear up for war, we've proven we can. And being one of the only deep water navys in the world, we don't have to warry to much about any combat on our soil. And if it were to happen, The U.S., England, Israel, and Japan would all be allies, and that, my friends is a scary, scary group to be fighting against.

Nukes will be used, The "Axis of Evil" will use them in an attempt to scare us, and we will respond in kind, but on a much more massive scale.

if nukes are ever used you might as well kiss the world good bye. Nuclear winter anyone?

You think the US will win? If you look at cycles of world powers, the US has hit its peak already, and is on its demise. Who knows if we can keep it up still.

We're like Britain on the eve of WWI.

i know enough rednecks around here with enough guns in their trucks to start their own army. the US would not go down easily.

It's not that we don't have the raw power to kick @$$, but rather the constraints we have on fighting wars. We can't just jump into wars that easily anymore, especially with globalization. We're so dependent on foreign trade that there is no way we would survive.

You think China is crap against us right? True. Militarily, they can't really match us, but remember how the Soviets were able to beat the Germans. They simply mobilize all their people into battle. The U.S. cannot afford to do that and if you bring back a draft, you can watch chaos in our cities erupt. If we can't even go into Iraq so easily, what makes you think we can fight a WW3?

Take a lesson from Civilization. Democracies suck at fighting wars.

Nazi Germany bordered the Soviet Union, and the Soviets weren't that far behind in war tech. Germany was much smaller and being attacked on all sides. There is absolutely no way for any Chinese land forces to get over here. Our Navy would destroy every last one of their ships, and as far as we know China can't even touch our 1980s stealth bombers. We have vast amounts of resources and that are established. Not newly occupied territory like Germany did.

And it's not like we *need* cheaply produced foreign goods in time of war. We have stockpiled native oil in case of war, and I'm sure we'll temporarily have our liberties compromised in war time. Sure we don't have a lot of people signing up for Iraq, but I'm sure it would be different in a WWIII scenario, which doesn't even seem possible because of nukes.

 

[Fern]

Nope, I don't see it happening now.

Where's the motivation? There's always a motive, whether rational or irrational, behind it. Plus, one must have the ability/military might.

I see only two countries or groups which may have motive. North Korea and Islamic regimes. But I don't see either as having the ability to start a WWIII.

Europe has no motive or desire.
China has no motive or desire. They are doing well economically, and lack any "threat".
The USA? Well, we're kinda "busy" ATM.
South America, no motive, no ability. Same for Canada.

Who wants to start it? Who wants to participate? IMHO. Only possibilities are the two I mentioned above and they don't really have the means. While I do think NK has the means to start some serious sh!t, it would require China to participate on NK side to make it something akin to WW III. I just don't see them doing it. They like stability and have nothing really to gain. China's leaders may be many things, but foolish is not one of them.

Fern

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: Fern
Nope, I don't see it happening now.

Where's the motivation? There's always a motive, whether rational or irrational, behind it. Plus, one must have the ability/military might.

I see only two countries or groups which may have motive. North Korea and Islamic regimes. But I don't see either as having the ability to start a WWIII.

Europe has no motive or desire.
China has no motive or desire. They are doing well economically, and lack any "threat".
The USA? Well, we're kinda "busy" ATM.
South America, no motive, no ability. Same for Canada.

Who wants to start it? Who wants to participate? IMHO. Only possibilities are the two I mentioned above and they don't really have the means. While I do think NK has the means to start some serious sh!t, it would require China to participate on NK side to make it something akin to WW III. I just don't see them doing it. They like stability and have nothing really to gain. China's leaders may be many things, but foolish is not one of them.

Fern

your mixing/confusing individual country government motives with mulitnational corporate driven motives. If billionaires wanna make money their will be war whether the country itself has a motive or not. history tells us this as well. Only winners in any war are big business.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: Molondo

Originally posted by: jjsole
By defacto radical islamists are the least of our problems and have already been defeated by Bush.

He's succeeded in turning radicalism into mainstream muslim ideology - simply all of them would love to see us dead now.

The new generation of radical muslims are the one's who believe there should be peace with us, and Bush seems to be doing his best to wage war with them too.

 

[FallenHero]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: dighn
I don't think it's likely. The world is a different place today. Everybody's got nukes; the world is a much smaller place now, everyone's doing business with everyone else, a major war would screw up everybody. And I really hope we have learned from the horrors of the previous world wars. I don't even want to consider the possibility of a WW3. Another war like that would prove us to be a hopeless race.

Another World War if it does happen, will be a quick and nasty one, but America and it's allies will win again. in the 40's Japan realized it had royally screwed the pooch when it attached the US at Pearl Harbor.

If the US really has to gear up for war, we've proven we can. And being one of the only deep water navys in the world, we don't have to warry to much about any combat on our soil. And if it were to happen, The U.S., England, Israel, and Japan would all be allies, and that, my friends is a scary, scary group to be fighting against.

Nukes will be used, The "Axis of Evil" will use them in an attempt to scare us, and we will respond in kind, but on a much more massive scale.

if nukes are ever used you might as well kiss the world good bye. Nuclear winter anyone?

You think the US will win? If you look at cycles of world powers, the US has hit its peak already, and is on its demise. Who knows if we can keep it up still.

We're like Britain on the eve of WWI.

As BD2003 has asked...based on what knowledge my friend? Never before has there been 1 hegemonic power as far out in front as the US is currently. There is no history to compare it to because it never happened.

 

[amish]

Originally posted by: EKKC
meanwhile: millions are starving to death and dying due to ethnic cleansing in Africa and nobody gives a crap except Brangelina.

these conflicts in the civilized, or the seemingly and supposedly more civilized world in the middle east are so petty and stupid when you compare it to the real problems in these third world countries.

the middle east has founded many religions, made strides in mathmatics, and created many languages and forms of writing.

if it weren't for egypt, the only notable things to come out of africa would be AIDs and a few hot supermodels. that's why nobody gives a ******

 

[fallenangel99]

I'll support Africa as soon as the rappers/black athletes start caring about Africa.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: dighn
I don't think it's likely. The world is a different place today. Everybody's got nukes; the world is a much smaller place now, everyone's doing business with everyone else, a major war would screw up everybody. And I really hope we have learned from the horrors of the previous world wars. I don't even want to consider the possibility of a WW3. Another war like that would prove us to be a hopeless race.

Another World War if it does happen, will be a quick and nasty one, but America and it's allies will win again. in the 40's Japan realized it had royally screwed the pooch when it attached the US at Pearl Harbor.

If the US really has to gear up for war, we've proven we can. And being one of the only deep water navys in the world, we don't have to warry to much about any combat on our soil. And if it were to happen, The U.S., England, Israel, and Japan would all be allies, and that, my friends is a scary, scary group to be fighting against.

Nukes will be used, The "Axis of Evil" will use them in an attempt to scare us, and we will respond in kind, but on a much more massive scale.

if nukes are ever used you might as well kiss the world good bye. Nuclear winter anyone?

You think the US will win? If you look at cycles of world powers, the US has hit its peak already, and is on its demise. Who knows if we can keep it up still.

We're like Britain on the eve of WWI.

As BD2003 has asked...based on what knowledge my friend? Never before has there been 1 hegemonic power as far out in front as the US is currently. There is no history to compare it to because it never happened.

Well, I'd say Rome would be a pretty good example, and it wouldn't be the only example.

The way I see it, the world is changing. The US is declining only in the sense that the importance of individual nations is declining. The world is so economically and culturally intertwined that china attacking the US would be equivalent to cutting your nose off to spite your face.

The only real "enemies" now are those who don't want to join in on the big world orgy - those countries/people that want to keep to themselves. Like north korea, and radical islam etc....but considering their size, they are small threats - the world can deal with them if and when they become more than a nuisance or a spoiled child in need of attention.

And by that time, we'll can just send our robot army in, and then that will be that.

War is going out of style. There will be small wars, and terrorism here or there, but by and large, world wars will never happen again.

Besides, there is a certain comfort in knowing that if there ever is a world war 3, it will just be 5 minutes of panic before vaporization.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: DLeRium
You think the US will win? If you look at cycles of world powers, the US has hit its peak already, and is on its demise. Who knows if we can keep it up still.

We're like Britain on the eve of WWI.

As BD2003 has asked...based on what knowledge my friend? Never before has there been 1 hegemonic power as far out in front as the US is currently. There is no history to compare it to because it never happened.

Thats false.

Russia + China > USA militarily. Just like any two combinations of France, German, Russia, USA would be > Britain pre-WWI.

I believe a future World War involving established powers will be revolved around the tactical nuke (.5-10KT type yields) against large-scale military targets. Carrier battlegroup? A 5KT Tactical Nuke will eliminate it. Huge formation of bombers (including stealth) and fighters? Detonate a 10KT tactical nuke in the sky.

However, that said, I dont believe there will be a World War with established powers anytime soon. Established powers are more interested in keeping the peace and progressing. Non-established powers (all the ME, NK, etc) are just interested in attention. If theres going to be a World War, its going to be the Middle East vs The Rest of the World. Call me racist, but I sincerely believe the next large scale war will be Islam vs non-Islam. In its current incarnation, Islamic nations are way to radical and intolerant of other poeple. They've been consistently picking fights and soon its going to bite them in the arse. The only thing still keeping them afloat is oil. In the next few decades when the world moves away from oil, they're going to be crapping themselves.

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: dexvx

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: DLeRium
You think the US will win? If you look at cycles of world powers, the US has hit its peak already, and is on its demise. Who knows if we can keep it up still.

We're like Britain on the eve of WWI.

As BD2003 has asked...based on what knowledge my friend? Never before has there been 1 hegemonic power as far out in front as the US is currently. There is no history to compare it to because it never happened.

Thats false.

Russia + China > USA militarily. Just like any two combinations of France, German, Russia, USA would be > Britain pre-WWI.

I believe a future World War involving established powers will be revolved around the tactical nuke (.5-10KT type yields) against large-scale military targets. Carrier battlegroup? A 5KT Tactical Nuke will eliminate it. Huge formation of bombers (including stealth) and fighters? Detonate a 10KT tactical nuke in the sky.

However, that said, I dont believe there will be a World War with established powers anytime soon. Established powers are more interested in keeping the peace and progressing. Non-established powers (all the ME, NK, etc) are just interested in attention. If theres going to be a World War, its going to be the Middle East vs The Rest of the World. Call me racist, but I sincerely believe the next large scale war will be Islam vs non-Islam. In its current incarnation, Islamic nations are way to radical and intolerant of other poeple. They've been consistently picking fights and soon its going to bite them in the arse. The only thing still keeping them afloat is oil. In the next few decades when the world moves away from oil, they're going to be crapping themselves.

LOL the above post is nonsensical drivel.