Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’

Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by azernik on Monday November 12, 2018 @07:40PM (#18437358)

I think Israel (and, unlike GP, also Iran) are too small-time to start real global war. They're more the potential Bosnias or Serbias - small, belligerent countries that could drag their patrons into conflict.

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by nerpderp83 on Monday November 12, 2018 @07:45PM (#18437387)

Israel has "the bomb", they definitely could start a global war.

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by brandonmenc on Monday November 12, 2018 @09:29PM (#18437943)

Or, Israel having nukes has made their neighbors wary of another attempt at annihilating them, which could trigger a large war.

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by foobarian on Monday November 12, 2018 @09:03PM (#18437822)

What series of bombings might start a global war? I doubt bombing Iran would be enough.

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by caf on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @01:31AM (#18439074)

The nuclear bombing of Iran by a state would almost certainly be enough to precipitate the complete collapse of the NPT, which is already wobbly (the latest Review Conference ended in acrimony).

Subsequent nuclear weapons projects in erstwhile NPT NNWS could easily trigger a few regional wars, and from there the escalation to a global conflict is certainly possible.

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by raprp on Monday November 12, 2018 @08:06PM (#18437505)

According to Colin Powell they have 200 of them.

More than enough to bring the Fallout series to life.

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by ImprovedSilence on Monday November 12, 2018 @08:49PM (#18437742)

yeah.... but isn't that how big wars get started... coughBosniacoughwar that ended 100ys ago almost to the day...

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