thunderchild said:
The only reason I did not include the Cold War was that it was fought by proxy in Korea, 4 Arab/Israeli wars, Vietnam, Cuba, Angola, Lebanon, Afghanistan etc these wars were not global in nature in so far as the USSR and NATO (being the major powers by far) didn't fight it out directly. This is much the same way that Iran and Syria are using Hezbollah and hamas to attack Israel.
IF we are going to debate terminology then Gulf war-1 could be considered WW-3 given it's scope approval by the UN and number of nations that took part.
Well now you are confusing me.
First you state, that due to the length of time it has taken us, much less than "2 major Global Wars" that we are in for a long fight to build up to WW3.
thunderchild said:
Well in terms of time WW-1 was 4years, WW-2 was 6years, the war on terror is in it's 7th year and we still haven't toppled the 2 largest supporters of world terrorism being Iran and Syria I think that it is fair to say that we are on the way to WW-3.
Fair to say we are on our way to another global war?? Wars in Africa, Indo-China, Central America, Cuban Missile Crisis, and no global war. Now we have a Major attack on US soil, two wars, and some countries snubbing their noses at the west and you can say we are on the way to a global war??
When I threw at you a situation, which took a lot more the "Seven Year's" you mentioned about the time it has take to fight the war on terror, a global war which brought us many time on the brink of total annihilation, you brush it off as two empires dukeing it out. Last time I looked, we were fighting the evil ideology known as communism.
thunderchild said:
None of the major terrorist formations have been destroyed, Al quieda is reformed in Pakistan, Hamas is getting pasted now, Hezbollah is still operating both armed by Iran. The Taliban is being equipped by Iran, Syria is providing logistics and training. Neither country has been dealt with directly so the fighting will go on until they are.
Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba, Angola, Rhodesia…… Ya a good thing we never got our hands dirty by fighting the Soviets or China directly, eh?
So, sorry to sound crass, but in the name of Jobe was the intent of your original diatribe? I think before you make any bold statements, you think through what you are posting.
Some of us have been around long enough to remember much more tense times…
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