QUOTE(DT_Battlekruser @ Jul 19 2006, 09:15 AM)
All you can say is that fewer trops have died than if the US was fightning a conventional war.
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Do we really 'need' the Middle East? Sure, Saudi has the Oil... and I'm sure we could kill everyone and avoid burning too much oil. What's the middleast ever done for us anyways? I don't see sh!t labeled 'made in Iraq'.
As for a World War, the only way that would happen is if the Communists fought with the US. Russia would most likely show their true colors after a conflict arouse, if Russia was with the Communists, we'd have to rely on the Europeans for help. China could prove to be a threat however. With Europe loathing us and majority of our 'powerful' allies not really being our allies, who's to say who would win the war. Considering that the countries we would fight with are all on the rise and are all Anti-American/only our allies because if they're not we'll send them angry letters and threaten them.
My view: If NK provokes the US, they'll have to react without pissing China off. If they piss China off, there's war. Europe will want to stay out of this, most likely. If the Russians join China, which is a 50 - 50 chance... we're screwed. I doubt the middleast would have much of an affect on our Communist War anyways. If Europe takes out Russia and then passifies the middleast, we could defeat NK and China. It's pretty iffy though. And with the whole world hating our power, : (.
Of course, this would never happen in Bush's presidency, I would foresee this in the next 50 years. And I doubt it'll happen anyways, the UN is really trying to avoid these things.