posted on Oct, 18 2004 @ 01:47 PM
I was thinking about this the other day.
Im guessing the next World War would be when countries start hitting each other with nukes,its inevitable.
Also heres what i think constitutes a World War
World War Definition:
A World War is a military conflict spanning more than 2 continents, in which at least 20 major countries participate in an attack against a common
enemy, and which has the attention of the man-in-the-street due to the significant loss of life.
With that definition, we can agree that WW1 and WW2 were in fact World Wars (both wars involved some degree of participation from most of the world's
then existing countries: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the Soviet Union), and that we are very close to achieving
World War 3.
The only requirement left to fulfil the start of WW3 is that of a military conflict spanning more than 2 continents.
As soon as Israel attacks Palestine, or North Korea attacks South Korea or the US, or China invades Taiwan, we will have the next World War well
underway.
Heres the countries who took part in the last World War
World War II - a war between the Allies
Australia,
Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil,
Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,
Dominican Republic,
El Salvador, Ethiopia,
France,
Greece, Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras,
India, Iran, Iraq,
Luxembourg,
Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway,
Panama, Philippines, Poland,
South Africa,
United Kingdom, United States, USSR,
Yugoslavia
and the Axis
Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand from 1939 to 1945
Many people do consider that we are in WWIII already and it started just over a year after 9/11, but all the major news networks have avoided any
reminiscent of World War.
Hope this helps.