WORLD WAR THREE

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Oh, come on.

SEATO Decapitating, Albanian Decoy, and English Thrust splitting the awesome vote, I see.

wooo Taiwan Theaterwide!

-- jessie monster, Monday, November 19, 2007 3:48 PM (Monday, November 19, 2007 3:48 PM)

The Walloon Impasse

Most of these scenarios have a rustic 1980s feel to them.

I miss the days when a KGB vs CIA tussle in a dirt poor African country could threaten human existence.

― Ed, Monday, November 26, 2007 12:35 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the scenario that some people are sketching out that goes: Clinton victory > US establishes no fly zone in Syria > aerial confrontation between US and Russia > WW3 - is this in any way plausible or just alarmist scaremongering

Completely implausible. For all his faults, Putin seems to have a decent grasp on reality.

I was just about to say "would be the quickest WW3 ever" but then realized I started this poll with a list of variations on a theme, and every WW3 ever is the quickest WW3 ever, because that's what WW3 would be if it ever happened.

OK, how about this scenario? http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/07/russia-nato-trump-shirreff/492938/

“In terms of the risk equation for whoever’s sitting in the Kremlin, if he or she decides to have a go at the Baltic states, he may just decide, ‘Yeah I think the chances are I’ll get away with it,’” Shirreff told me. “And that, of course, makes the world more dangerous.”

The ensuing conflict, according to Shirreff, could escalate in harrowing ways. Russia, he said, “integrates nuclear thinking into every aspect of their military thinking and doctrine,” which includes the concept of “nuclear de-escalation.” Putin, for example, could attack and occupy the Baltic states and then, before NATO has a chance to retaliate, threaten to drop a tactical nuclear weapon on a NATO target.

(would rely appreciate it if Tombot or someone could tell me that this is similarly implausible)

Russia doesn't give a damn about the Baltics.

Even if they did, to 'get away with it' would require the rest of the EU and NATO to turn a blind eye, not just the US. The international community could trash the Russian economy overnight if they wanted to.

just spent 20min painstakingly remaking this poll before searching for it in last-minute pre-post check lol

A good half of these are ready-made Ludlum titles. Reminding me of thisILX thread.

god dammit i'd piss on a sparkplug if i thought it'd do any good

what kind of asshole lives on an island and doesn't even have a boat

"chad interdiction" sounds like some incel shit

from pandemic to the third world war

in almost all close calls russia played a major role, of course

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_III#Historical_close_calls

Whose corny sockpuppet account is this? Calzino? *ducks*

Chad Alert

Ctl-F "Ukraine": phrase not found

whew!

i'm not following

no, I would not like to play a game

probably with the bees

After very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that this thread revive sucks.

Hell I'd piss on a sparkplug if I thought it would do any good

"this corn is raw"
"yes, it's healthier that way"
"can we take pills, and cook the corn?"

"He's dead? Wow he doesn't look very old?"
"oh he was 45"
"oh right, yeah that's old"

"Who first came up with the idea of A-sexual reproduction?"
"Your wife?"

this movie fucking rocks

I heard that the Denmark Massive are playing the 101 this Saturday

i'm in desperate need of a paleontologist

Mister Potato Head!, MISTER POTATO HEAD!

Does your little friend want to stay for dinner?

did anybody bother to watch the sequel? Guessing it was just a generic hacker movie that had nothing in common with the original.

for the record, i just wanted an existing thread to talk about close calls

you guys are reading way too much into this