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These conflicts are often pre meditated for political or financial gain while the lives of innocent people are killed.
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originally posted by: pl3bscheese
How is this even possible? What I mean is, two major powers with however many thousands of nukes, likely to pull in the rest of the world's powers... I mean that is WW3. How is that possible to play out and have anything worth salvaging left? Is it possible to have a meeting beforehand on agreed upon terms of warfare, as in no nukes, everything else game on?
Look what the US did when it wasn't even about to be defeated, rather just didn't want it dragging out too long. They DID drop the bombs in the last WW. How can we expect not for a losing power to throw out whatever they got?
The only way someone could want this is if they have an out, and that out does not exist on this planet. . .
originally posted by: stumason
a reply to: fixitwcw
I am hoping that cooler heads prevail in this crisis - while I think Russia is in the wrong, I don't wish to be thrown into a war with them, I am still young enough to be drafted!
As for the UK/EU thing, it entirely depends on how (or if) we manage to reform the EU and repatriate powers. As it stands, the UK will most likely leave.
BEIJING -- Russian President Vladimir Putin may feel increasingly isolated after the downing last week of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, but on the world stage he knows he has at least one reliable friend: China’s leader, Xi Jinping. Putin and Xi have spent lots of time together in the last 18 months, and over the past week the Chinese media that Xi controls have blasted the West for suggesting that Putin bears responsibility for the downing of MH17.
originally posted by: smurfy
What powers are those exactly?
originally posted by: smurfy
What is the point of the EU?
originally posted by: smurfy
is it not to level the playing fields for everyone, but in a capitalistic way?
originally posted by: smurfy
The UK is a maverick in some respects and actually gets away with not implementing much of what the rest of the EU is already doing from many basic things, right up to high office by default.