3rd World War?

[ldylvsroses]

I heard this mentioned on one of the news interviews.
They had said it's a War the world is involved in.
This comment had me agreeing & questioning "Why" this war on Terrorists isn't being portraid as such
I just wondered what others thought on this matter...


MY IS HEAVY AND BREAKING FOR ALL WHO ARE LOSING LOVED ONES

[cb88]

Actually, it's WW4, WW3 was the "Cold War" and the war against communism...which I'm happy to report, we won!

[se0sea]

This would be a great P/CP thread.Very debatable

[ldylvsroses]

OK can it be moved to P/CP?

I was just curious to see if I am the only person thinking maybe
"The rest of the World"
would be more apt to get involved if this had been put to them as
"World War III"?
Sure seems like this Terrorist problem is "World Wide"

[odannyboy]

Since it was requested that the thread be moved by its originator, I moved it.

[Woodmonkey]

I'm with cb...this is WW4. WW3 was the Cold War and I don't think we'll ever know the truth about the numbers of people who died as a result of it. Not just soldiers who fought either American, Russian or surrogate fighters, but civilians rounded up by the different secret police agencies, those who fought in the underground and those who died trying to get to freedom.

[cb88]

Originally Posted by Woodmonkey

I'm with cb...this is WW4. WW3 was the Cold War and I don't think we'll ever know the truth about the numbers of people who died as a result of it. Not just soldiers who fought either American, Russian or surrogate fighters, but civilians rounded up by the different secret police agencies, those who fought in the underground and those who died trying to get to freedom.

Yup, Katie. You hit the nail on the head. How many people were basically in a "giant" prison in the USSR? I dated a man for 4 years who was a Russian Jew. His mom (who is this tiny little thing) in the late 70's went through HELL to escape from the Ukraine. It was a two year journey getting to the US. Many didn't make it. But I listen to the conditions they lived in in Russia and think "I probably would have done the same thing". And it was worse for them. The Jews were STILL being persecuted all throughout the Cold War in the USSR.

Sometimes I wonder how different things would have been if the powers that be had listened to MacArthur's (or was it Patton's) advice in WWII and pushed on through Russian and conquered it when we could have. But we left that country impoverished and ripe for the communist take over. I just hope we learn from that, because if we leave Iraq before it is stable, that could very well happen there. Only it won't be communism, it will be radical Islam/Terrorism.