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"The White House strongly denied Tuesday that regime change is part of its mission in Libya . . . . Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, issued a statement acknowledging that President Obama would like to see a democratic government in Libya, but explained that the aim of the U.S. military’s intervention there is not to enact regime change. 'We're clarifying, as we’ve said repeatedly, that the effort of our military operation is not regime change,' Rhodes said"
"The top U.S. admiral involved in the Libya war admitted to a U.S. congressman that NATO forces are trying to kill Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi. The same admiral also said he anticipated the need for ground troops in Libya after Qaddafi falls"
Eisenhowers Farewell Address Jan. 1961
Originally posted by Ghost375
I said it a while back...if Syria gets dragged in, WW3 is entirely possible. Why? Because Iran will have to protect Syria, or Iran won't have any allies left. Then, Israel gets dragged in, although they'd go willingly. Then who knows who joins in next....
No body benefits from WW3 and that includes any of the elite. So what would be the point ?
Originally posted by MarksThoughts
Russia may have some weapons of mass destruction, but the maintenance level and actual capabilities are likely to be degraded with the way the nation has gone since the Berlin Wall fell. I don't see them wanting to really mix things up with anyone in military actions where the outcome is not assured.
China has heavily invested in the US and the West as a whole. If anything, I see them as wanting the same life outcomes we have taken for granted for decades, our standard of living is compelling. It is not logical that they would go into combat with us directly. Sure, they want our money, but they want for the next century as well.
This said, I think the poster is relatively close on events to transpire. However, I see things this way:
Libya accelerates with US intervention - a flash point, like a weapon of mass destruction, is needed to be used by Pro-Ghaddifi forces
Turkey and Syria go to war from a border flash point
Palestinians and Hezbollah (Lebanon) join in the fighting against Turkey and Israel is attacked
Iran is attacked by Israel preemptively and Iran joins the fray
Russia suddenly has its hands full with Chechnya and other neighboring Islamic republics
China mobilizes, but waits
North Korea, seeing the US and NATO tied up in the Middle East attacks south into South Korea
China joins the US in quelling the war in Korea
Events in Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan go red hot
Events in the balance of Africa get crazy with lines drawn on ethnic, tribal, and religious lines
India finds it has its hands full with Islamic rebels within and war breaks out with Pakistan
China sends vast numbers of troops to assist the US in fighting from Afghanistan all the way across North Africa and south in the balance of Africa
South Africa joins with the US to fight Islamic forces north
All of this and we haven't even looked at the balance of Asia, the South Pacific to include Indonesia, and South and Central America. These areas are also points of potential conflict if a nation feels it can get an edge.
End state:
US and the NATO nations control nearly of all of Africa
China and the US share the oil reserves and other assets of the Middle East and Iran
India negotiates and is given a fair share of access to oil for its defeat of Pakistan, which is reincorporated into India
Afghanistan and other formerly independent nations are brought back into the Russian sphere of influence
I could see Turkey going in on this, there is a lot of formerly Ottoman Empire lands they could claim and the government and educated elite of Turkey realize that the Islamic revolution is a dead end
This is my guess, and just that, a guess.
The specter of vast reeducation camps for those of the Islamic faith looms in my mind
The outright declaration of Islam as a violation of human rights and a non-faith, outlawed in the whole of the West, Russia, and much of Asia
Extraordinary efforts to remove children and women from Islamic men and place them in government controlled schools
Old languages are forbidden in favor of English, Chinese, and Russian in the occupied lands
Interesting point: The Chinese experiment to limit population by allowing families only one child has lead to a huge disparity in the numbers of males as opposed to females. China could easily send some 20 to 30 million men overseas, and have them stay there, in place, with local wives and families as large as they choose. The alternative China faces is continued discontent of men not able to find wives, or even mates.
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
To even say theres going to be WW3 is crazy. Yes theres alot of stuff going on, Libya theyre fighting for freedom and democracy because theyre tired of a totalitarian dictatorship. In Syria theyre gearing up for a fight for freedom and democracy as well. Hardly world war three.
Originally posted by Ghost375
If this is truly from a source that said Osama was dead 4 hours before it was public, that's some scary stuff that's incoming. I hope it's wrong. Millions would die.
Tensions in the strategic and resource-rich South China Sea have escalated in recent weeks, with the Philippines and Vietnam alarmed at what they say are increasingly aggressive actions by Beijing in the disputed waters.
While these developments are barely covered by the media, the fate of humanity literally hangs in the balance. It is because of this project to conquer Eurasia that Russia, China, and Iran have moved closer towards one another and pushed for a united Eurasian front against America and its cohorts.
Originally posted by tombangelta
Not to sound like a broken record but has everyone forgot that Russia , China , and surprise surprise the USA has nuclear weapons capable of destroying the surface of 75% of the planet within a week.
Your all talking about mass troop movement And the eventualities. What about nukes ?
The only things left would be subs trying to nuke each other until the food ran out.
No body benefits from WW3 and that includes any of the elite. So what would be the point ?