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A guess at what World War III will look like
A guess at what World War III will look like
The following is nothing more than an educated guess. The current military conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East will not likely end via negotiated armistice, though Mr. Putin may figure out a face-saving way to cut his losses, while Isr...
The following is nothing more than an educated guess.
The current military conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East will not likely end via negotiated armistice, though Mr. Putin may figure out a face-saving way to cut his losses, while Israel is truly committed to putting an end to Hamas and Hezb’allah once and for all.
For this to come about, the mullahs in Iran also have to be eliminated. They have made their ancient nation the truly most responsible party for the Israel-Hamas conflict. They are also not all that popular with their own people — especially those of the female persuasion. Their nuclear weapons program provides an excellent selling point for us to enlist allies in this endeavor.
What is not mentioned when discussing Iran’s nuclear weapons program is the importance of the delivery system. Hydrogen bombs are “old tech,” while all kinds of ordnance-transporting vehicles have been developed since. Hypersonic guided missiles can deliver the weapon so quickly that a defensive response has a low probability of success. Cruise missiles are fairly old-fashioned, being similar to the V-1 buzz bombs of WW2, but in the modern world, with their high-tech guidance systems, they have the potential of coming in under the radar and taking out a specific target.
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Islam has been at war with the outside world (AKA infidels) since its inception. But there has long been an implied containment on excesses. Then came the mullahs and ayatollahs, and a new and particularly dangerous militancy swooped in to aggravate the pre-existing tensions. Let me be clear: Islam does not need to be eradicated. Its over-the-top violent zealots should be, however.
Israelis are mostly modern, integrated, worldly people. They tolerate, if not outright respect, dissenters from their mainstream view of the world. They too balked at vicious retribution when it came to discouraging their enemies. And they seem to have been punished for that, but that is the price we all have to pay for being civilized. We just have to work at lowering that price.
Commentary:
World War III is not theoretical. It is here.
Fortunately there was a respite between 2017 and 2020.
Yet, when so many nations see everything as a zero sum game in which an adversary nation must be destroyed and given no voice, you have world war.
Peace is no longer an option and those calling for peace are mocked.
I hear the med needs a parking valet ......~S~
