I think the next war is really going to be over the Internet. Its going to be another Cold War. Who is going to start it? Us. The People who use the internet freely. What is it going to be about?
Its going to be about this:
http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=338&Itemid=9
Explain to me how this "cold war" would work over the internet based on "Net neutrality". I don't understand the concept.
As for my prediction. I have three scenarios of World War III.
Scenario 1: Global economic "super-depressions" take hold on all major world powers. The struggle to stay afloat and to gain necessary resources would cause political ties and diplomacy to fail a country, ultimately leading to armed conflict. If a country can't gain precious resources (food, oil, ect), then the use of Militant force would be a necessary evil to "bully" those into giving to us. Or in a worse case, we would take what we need. If Bush or McCain were in office (as i wish they were), this would most likely happen.
Scenario 2: Countries that will either gain nuclear capability or already have nuclear capability (Iran, Israel, Pakistan, India, Egypt... basically the middle east) have warfare break out, ultimately leading to one of the countries to go ballistic and launch a payload of Nuclear weapons. For example: Two nations with nuclear weaponry. A conflict breaks out between these two opposing forces. The battles get worse and worse, and no indication of a peace treaty or cease fire is in the near future. As battles continue over the months, Country "A"s capital is nearing invasion. To counter this, a tactical nuke is detonated on the approaching front. Country "B" retaliates by nuking the capital of country "A". And from there.. a full blown nuclear exchange takes place between these two countries. Surrounding countries panic and launch their payloads in a panic, and all other nuclear states follow suit.
Seems dodgy, but its just a quick example i could think of.
Scenario 3: Divine Intervention. Nuff' said.
you do know the Chinese army is over double the size of the US army if you include paramilitary forces. Russia and china have been sharing military technology for years now, and china is quite capable of holding its ground. North Korea has 50% of its population employed by the military in some way or another. There's tons of armies that are bigger than the US, US has technology on their side though, and nukes. Take a look at Vietnam, the US were beaten then by a much smaller force. Contrary to what you might believe, America is not invincible, far from it.
