Are we stumbling into World War 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJCXAqgt-6g Thom Hartmann talks with Stephen Cohen, Professor Emeritus-New York University and Princeton University / Contributing Editor-The Nation Magazine & Author, Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War, Website: www.TheNation.com, for his take on the situation in Ukraine.

Dutch Josh wrote: Also "western support" to the "rebels"in Syria is supposed to increase. China might be trying to take advantage of the situation in the South China sea. We are in a very dangerous tima-frame. Stephen Cohen quotes Churchill "it is better to talk, talk, talk, then to fight, fight, fight". Since the times of Churchill the situation in the world did get far more complicated. A  big "East-West-confrontation"simply means Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD !) http://scgnews.com/the-ukraine-crisis-what-youre-not-being-told ,  http://www.debka.com/article/23766/US-Seals-seize-runaway-North-Korean-flagged-tanker-to-recover-Libyan-oil-cargo War is not an option and should not even be discussed as an option. Politicians who forget that should be send away by the public immedeatly !

Dutch Josh, we are definitely stumbling with poor foreign policy that puts us nose to nose with theRussian military in several areas.  They literally were nearly on top of ships which were blocked in harbors in the Ukraine.

The move of other leaders to fill a power vacuum left in terms of ineffective and bad foreign policy moves, seems fairly clear.  China is moving to claim control of fairly large areas, Russia is basically trying to take back and control the Ukraine and Crimea, and even the Philippines will be targeted by China.

Sanctions have not stopped Iran from continuing to develop nuclear weapon technology and the talks in many countries including Afghanistan appear permanently derailed and ineffective.

The backlash from this is a shift in the global balance of power and despite a military and nuclear arsenal that could wipe out the planet in the U.S., leaders look to the strong and those who follow up even on threats, to fear and truly negotiate with.

Icons of the stature of Lawrence of Arabia who thundered cross the anvil which "had never been crossed" and George Washington who when charging alone to demonstrate raw courage later found numerous bullet holes in his clothing, are nearly non-existence in non-veteran leadership.

We have had few hard chargers in the U.S. recently, except those who have gotten us involved in truly costly wars or tied us up for years in conflicts going back 3,000 years and unlikely to be resolved in the near future.

It is a lesson in the use of resources to "pick ones battles".  Rome ignored it and wound up fighting elephants in India and so spread out the armies which  were fighting mostly to rape, pillage, and burn. This also goes back to Alexander the Great, who met considerable resistance in India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_elephant

What is being said here is we have come to come up against our elephants, not in India, but all over the world- the Taliban.  This one emerges from the cover of the landscape and with many cells in place now threatens to take over unstable Northern Africa.

Point - if we said we were going to go in and kick butt in Syria, we should have done just that- not fight a battle by proxy using Al Queda affiliated cannibals and those murdering catholic priests.  We probably would not have gotten in a war doing the same thing Israel does frequently hard hitting targets in Palestine and blowing things and people up.

Perhaps we have followed the talk softly mentioned by President Roosevelt,  but having lost the big stick.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Stick_ideology

The line begins at the voting box and is truly the only real effective big stick either male or female voters can wield to implement change. Unfortunately, some lines only form every four years.

Medclinician

http://www.syrianperspective.com/2014/03/we-are-at-war-with-turkey-turkish-armor-has-trespassed-on-syrian-soil-missiles-are-being-readied-death-to-erdoghan.html Turkish tanks moving into Syria to support Al-Nusra-front in Latakia/Kassab (cristian and pro-Assad). Al-Nusra is starting an offensive against Syrian Government Army and with Al-Nusra regular Turkish Army is said to be fighting against Syrian Army backed by Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Lebanese Hezbollah (and Russian "advisors", the NATO/US is supporting "rebel-groups" a.o. with information. 

there is no doubt in my mind we are going into another major war - a real one - not just a military exercise

Study: ‘Small’ Nuclear War Would Destroy The World

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/03/26/study-small-nuclear-war-would-destroy-the-world/

Hello Albert,
We have another spammer I'm afraid.  I actually used Google translate on this rubbish and it's Japaneese gaming stuff.
Thanks
Maggie

Spammers are taken care of!

There are Individuals in high offices around the world who are evaluating the risk as we speak.

Yes, my friends we are indeed involved in war.  Realistically I would imply the war which was generated after the twin tower disaster is coming back to where it started from.  This war has traveled around the world.  Is that not a world war?  Does a world war directly imply the use of nuclear weapons?  What about a currency war?  Have those nuclear weapons already been used and sold off as "tests" "drills" or "accidents"?  I.E. Fukushima Daiichi reactors #1 through 4?  What about the BP oil rig explosion and the "oil leak" that followed?  What about the millions of gallons of Corexit 9500 and 9527 solvents used to "clean up" the massive oil spill?  Coorperate espionage?  All acts of some kind of war?  What about the war on drugs, crime, poverty ect.?  I suppose by definition these are not components of "WW3" but suppose rather every man, woman and child must be armed to be considered WW3.  What defines "WW3"?  What about the supposed "Swine Flu"?  Everyone must panic thier way to the vaccine stands, which never actually happened.  Yeah there were a few gullible people that bought into it and got thier shots.  Those poor souls found out that it was not in thier best interests to get this swine flu shot.  If you read back what I wrote you will see the NBC's that are not of any sorts from my imagination.  For the unintiated let me clarify "NBC" Nuclear-Biological-Chemical and that is a reference to 3 types of illeagal warfare prohibited by the Geneva Conventions Rules of warfare and engagement.  My friends, WW3 has happened and is still happening right under our noses.  Must a bullet or two be fired directly at you to consider this WW3?  Where does the line get crossed?  Please decide soon because the fate of millions more rely on a clear understanding that we are smack in the middle of it.  If one can not come to grips with that then there is nothing more I can say.  How many more countries must fall before it is observed the WW3 is upon us?  How many millions more must die?  How many Trillions of more dollars must be wasted?  How many economies must collapse and how many more homelss are you looking for?  How many franchises must go bankrupt?  How many more bank bailouts do you need?  For me, one of any is to many.  I don't know if I can trust any of you to take on that kind of responsibilty or make that kind of judgement.  From my point of observation if it hasn't kicked your door in and taken you hostage, it isn't happening.  When you look at it from a casualty perspective it makes more sense to call it a war.  I read an article not to long ago about a 4 year old Syrian boy wandering the high desert because his homeland is at war.  I can not say if there is merit to this article or if it is media sensationalism to sell Americans another illeagal conflict however if the news observes it then it should be looked into for further investigation.  You see, as an American you will never see the stigma put against you by other nations citizens or as I should stand corrected, You don't see.  Put yourself in the minds of the Iraqi citizens for a moment.  From that perspective Americans seem the likeness of the Nazi SS movement of WW2.  What about Libya?  What about Afganastan?  Now let us take a look at the Ukraine.  How far will the United States push this war?  Must the U.S.A. provoke Russia and China to a full scale nulcear attack?  Must the U.S.A. be invaded and occupied by all manor of foriegn troops?  How far does this have to go?  Would it suit you to have American blood spilled on American soil to be considered a World War 3 scenario?  You have to tell me, educate me because pehaps I have lost the meaning and don't fully understand.  I suppose the BIG question is, are we going to allow this?  Well, the answer may be too little too late.  I suppose if I were one of the control systems operators I would target the entire U.S. population next and eradicate them as they pose a serious threat to my global domination game.  Perhaps the Americans have already been targeted and eradication must come to full swing very soon so I could wrap things up and move on to the next big thing.  I can't have an American population armed with all kinds of fire power either, that makes eradication very difficult.  Granted not impossible but the struggle that would ensue would call for a massive suppression with even greater fire power.  You know, if I spent all that money on arms, it would be a shame to waste it when I could write laws that prohibit Americans from having access to any fire power.  That would save me a lot of time and ammo. 

http://www.debka.com/article/23878/Saudis-parade-nuclear-missiles-for-the-first-time-in-defiance-of-US-Iranian-nuclear-accord Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has nuclear weapons against Iran. In a sort of aliance with Israel KSA might be preparing to unable nuclear installations in Iran. (Also Turkey is believed to be after nuclear weapons. Israel and Pakistan, North Korea, make things dangerous).

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-31/israel-deploys-3-nuclear-armed-subs-iran-coast-iran-warns-forceful-response-evil-act 

The parallels between the lead up to world war II and what we have now are scary.

http://www.debka.com/article/24083/IDF-tells-100-000-Gaza-civilians-to-move-back-from-Israeli-border-%E2%80%93-sign-of-impending-ground-incursion Israel prepares for invasion of Gaza-strip. Somehow I get the feeling "forces" might be wanting that invasion, is it a trap ?

http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Analysis-Israel-is-looking-for-the-middle-ground-in-Gaza-362358 The analysis is talking about two options, a small invasion of the Gaza strip but repeating that kind of operation every time when Israel thinks such an operation is useful or taking over the Gaza strip. 

They are not afraid of Obama . No one is worried about him.The USA might be a different story.Presidents come and go,but the American people and the American Military are always here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-l0o3tOXw0 Soldiers who want to be a hero, number practically zero, but there are millions who want to be civilians. War is not a sign of strenght. It makes poorer more poor, does increase healthproblems, makes problems larger. Looking at history there is a link between wars and pandemics. 

http://rt.com/news/175292-nato-poland-supply-base/ 

The present US administration has a foreign policy without any direction or clear goals. The bases for that policy is decades of wrong decisions, supporting the wrong leaders (from Saddam Hoessein against Iran to Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union). 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5e_-059cYA&index=2&list=UUpPGJXgbwBmkIp291W0PCMw