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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by kobrad on Monday November 12, 2018 @03:38PM (#18435529)
I expect some incredibly stupid reason. Post-brexit UK tries to nuke somewhere in the EU, or the USA decides we need to get Jesus here faster, or actually anything on this spectrum of insanity.

Right now it seems like science fiction that anybody will try doing anything about the climate.

So, in reality we'll probably see a failing ecosystem and the strongest military killing the rest of us.

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by bsder on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:45PM (#18437044)
> I expect some incredibly stupid reason.

China needing to get rid of a couple million excess men is the thing that scares me most.

I could see China throwing a couple million men into a meat grinder with India. That could easily do enough damage to India to provoke a nuclear response.

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by 21 on Monday November 12, 2018 @03:49PM (#18435630)
> Post-brexit UK tries to nuke somewhere in the EU

What is stopping pre-brexit UK trying to nuke EU? The EU treaties?

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by elygre on Monday November 12, 2018 @04:02PM (#18435792)
A lack of anger. Anger comes with the brexit effects.

(Probably not. But for the sake of argument.)

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by digianarchist on Monday November 12, 2018 @08:40PM (#18437698)
The Trident weapons system is in need of renewal.
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