Why do people keep asking when World War 3 will happen?

Glenn Beck says soon.

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I tend to agree that there will never be another world war for most of the reasons you listed.

There will of course, be smaller wars, as there are in several places in the world at the moment.

Terrorism is of course a threat, but the worldwide war on terror as it has been called is not really a war in the sense that people mean when they discuss a third world war.

I do think that it is only a matter of time though, before a terrorist or some unfriendly nation releases a killer bio weapon. Something on the older of smallpox, but maybe juiced up a little. Surely a couple of fairly mediocre bio-scientists with an average lab could put together an effective strain sometime in the next 20 or so years.

That to me is the more likely scenario and the scarier one. I would rather deal with the Wermacht or Soviet Hordes pouring threw the Fulda gap than a killer germ.

Wars will always be present however. If humans continue this way for lets say indefinantly, their will always be a war on at some point. If mankind forms a global and central government, something like a global facist government, then there will usually be rebels, be they religious extremists or freedom fighters of some kind, wars will likely continue. WW3 can and proberbly will happen. Rules being set up by one organisation is not going to stop a country if they have already decided to over throw another. All i know is that should WW3 happen, it will change everything humans once were, such as we all end up dead or all end up allies targeting another threat, not countries but organisations such as religion.

I even tend to agree that there is easily not yet another international conflict for many the motives you indexed. there'll of direction, be smaller wars, as there are in numerous places interior the international on the 2nd. Terrorism is obviously a threat, however the international conflict on terror as that is been referred to as isn't possibly a conflict interior the experience that people advise whilst they communicate a third international conflict. I do think of that that is barely a count number of time however, till now a terrorist or some unfriendly u . s . a . releases a killer bio weapon. some thing on the older of smallpox, yet perhaps juiced up somewhat. definitely a pair of rather mediocre bio-scientists with an known lab ought to prepare an valuable tension sometime interior the subsequent 20 or so years. That to me is the greater possibly problem and the scarier one. i could extremely handle the Wermacht or Soviet Hordes pouring threw the Fulda hollow than a killer germ.

I wish everything you said was true. The problem is things can happen, tensions rise, and a spark ignites it. Once a nation goes to war, those 'rules' like ariel bombardment, or carpet bombing are thrown out the window if it will help your country win.

Right now, the biggest deterrent to a global war, is MAD (mutually assured destruction by nuclear weapons), not any rule by the UN, or trade agreement, or a globally linked economy.

Oh! The UN has banned certain types of warfare! That'll prevent wars!

I agree that the whole world in a permanent standoff is a possibility, but who knows... there may one day be another global war.

Sure hope not.

Although SOME of your reasons are very valid, only an idiot would say that it is 100% not going to happen.

I agree.

WW III, as a war between nations, will never happen because it's like destroying your own trading partners.

What could happen some day in the future, however, is the detonation of an advanced WMD by some nut that causes almost as much damage as a world war.

never say never. It is very ignorant to say definite things about the future because things always change.

And WW3 most definitely could happen. Maybe not now or in the near future but it could happen.

No one can predict future events...sorry, not even you.

EDIT: And just because there are laws against things doesn't mean they won't be broken. People (especially government leaders) are not perfect.

Hmm Dude, world war 3 is already happening which is the war on terrorism.

i think alot of people are just freaked because of nostradamus' shady predictions and all that is supposedly going to happen in 2012. personally, i think its just a bunch of bull.