[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'W')e all know WWIII is a war which cannot be won.

[wisconsin_cur]

If Karadzic can hide for how ever many years it has been in Serbia than I think we can loose a few leaders in Kansas or Montana.

Besides, if the current order is upturned there will be no international court and the rest of the world will be busy settling their own grievances and securing their own energy supplies.

[dorlomin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cloud9', 'I')f I recall, China was whipped by the Vietnamese. Just after they whipped us.

[AWPrime]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'C')hina on the other hand. that is a nation that has the confidence to commit to taking on the Russian Bear and it has a more realistic expectation that it might be able to pry the oil rigs from Russia's dying hand. On top of that with too many people and a sense of historical grievance (against "them") and we might see some spectacular sunsets... you know, right before they year that sees snow on the ground all year long.

[Stratovarius]

If anyone uses nukes, then we all lose.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dorlomin', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cloud9', 'I')f I recall, China was whipped by the Vietnamese. Just after they whipped us.

[evilgenius]

Nuclear weapons are the clear choice to end the stalemate that modern conventional weapons have made of battlefields. A stalemate that could be overcome with industry and the commitment that comes with total war (like in WWI), but those things are non-sequitor in a peak oil world. The danger, therefore, of nuclear over total war is greater now than during the cold war.

Whom? The first strike could come from any side. The most likely side would be the one that sees how obvious it is and how they could profit from it. The one thing that seems sure to me is that if anything comes along this line it will be massive and not designed to play around. I can see a possible exception to massive action based in some kind of 'Muslims got a hold of our weapons ruse', but no lessening for much else.

[chrispi]

I don't see global thermonuclear war resulting from Peak Oil--simply because a post-atomic holocaust would be unlivable. I see something far worse: Biological warfare. And it would fit in with the agenda of the global elite. Skyrocketing wheat prices? A bit of smallpox or some genetically engineered superbug would cure that. And we could blame it all on the "terrorists." How convenient!

[Barbara]

When USA sinks, EU and Russia will be best friends in 2 nanoseconds...

[Cloud9]

China will invade Russia the same way Mexico has invaded the United States.

[dinopello]

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('chrispi', 'I') don't see global thermonuclear war resulting from Peak Oil--simply because a post-atomic holocaust would be unlivable. I see something far worse: Biological warfare. And it would fit in with the agenda of the global elite. Skyrocketing wheat prices? A bit of smallpox or some genetically engineered superbug would cure that. And we could blame it all on the "terrorists." How convenient!

[jasonraymondson]

Russia will use nukes. The united states will us Hydrogen Bombs, which are far more powerful but without all of the mutations afterwords.

Millions will die in russia Millions will turn into mutants in the US

South America, Africa, and Australia will become the world powers.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'R')ussia will use nukes. The united states will us Hydrogen Bombs, which are far more powerful but without all of the mutations afterwords.

Millions will die in russia Millions will turn into mutants in the US

South America, Africa, and Australia will become the world powers.

[Madpaddy]

jasonraymondson wrote:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')illions will turn into mutants in the US

[AWPrime]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'R')ussia will use nukes. The united states will us Hydrogen Bombs, which are far more powerful but without all of the mutations afterwords.

Millions will die in russia Millions will turn into mutants in the US

South America, Africa, and Australia will become the world powers.

[highlander]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AWPrime', '[')]Actually russia has the biggest hydrogen bombs. But they only made them so strong because their guidance systems were so bad.

[Stratovarius]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', 'j')asonraymondson wrote:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')illions will turn into mutants in the US

[Plantagenet]

World War III will start small.

The Pakistanis will lob a few at india, or Iran will nuke Tel Aviv. Whatever country that was attacked first will respond as best it can with whatever nukes it has left.

Then, once the tabu on using nukes is broken, everybody else will be afraid they are going to get nuked so they will be spooked and put their nukes on a hair-trigger, causing accidents and more local nuclear wars.

Eventually all the nuclear powers will get sucked into the war on one side or the other..

[jboogy]

I doubt very seriously we'll ever see a World War in the classic sense again, where nuclear superpowers openly engage one another on a large scale, and unless superpowers openly fighting is involved, I don't know you can term it a "World" war.
China will never invade Russia,and vice-versa, Germany will not invade France, nobody will invade U.S., If you have ICBM's you are safe from invasion, have you noticed no foreign troop has ever set foot on a nuclear nation's soil since Nagasaki? That's 63 years of some very violent times without a nuclear power being invaded.

I think the wise men realize reciprocating nuclear war is a no win situation, they may run nuclear war simulations till the cows come home, but it takes too many "signatures" to launch 1st strike nowadays. Unless there is a clear, credible threat, surprise 1st strike is very unlikely.(this excludes false flag inside jobs) World War 3 will be a proxy war, just like most war since WW2, there will just be more players.
It will take place in the mideast, The majors behind it will be the superpowers. The U.S. and Britain will fight thru and with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Qatar, ......against Iran, syria, Taliban/Al Queda, Lebanon, possibly Pakistani and Iraqi rebel factions, the Iranians will enjoy the support of either China or Russia, or possibly a combination of the two.
You may see India and Pakistan use this regional conflict to finally settle their differences on the battlefield, this could lead to a nuclear exchange, it seems their mutual hatred transcends reason. This may also set the stage for a side war in S.E. Turkey and N.W. Iraq, that will have little to do with oil. China would most likely use the M.E. war as cover to invade Taiwan. The U.S. would also likely use it as an excuse to start up some contra/sandanista type shit in Venezuela and Bolivia, beyond what they've already done. You would also probably see overt moves to secure African resources by one or more majors during this time.
It will be World War, but you won't see U.S. forces (or anyone else)marching thru the frozen tundra to lay seige to Leningrad . You won't see China dive-bombing Pearl Harbor or Russians marching to Berlin, no nuclear powers sovereign soil will be threatened in WW3.
As someone on this thread already stated, WW3 has already begun, so you don't have to be Nostradomus to see the groundwork for wider conflict being laid. We might see Bush invade Iran before he leaves, with centcoms Top Dog ( and pain in Bushes ass) Fallon "resigning", we are one step closer to the final game being set in motion.