If I lived in the Ukraine, I would feel very vulnerable right about now.

Putin and his backers want nothing more than to restore Russia to its former might as a military and political power. They will certainly try to reclaim old territory first.

The Russians are fostering new relationships with Venezuela and potentially other South American countries as well. Perhaps Brazil will be next. They are also showing a renewed interest in Cuba because Castro can't live forever.

War always seems to kickstart the economy somehow.With the whole world facing economic instability,it almost points to ww3 as the solution.
I hope thats not the case.
Just my opinion.

I get the feeling that a worldwide economic crisis is a tactic of misdirection. Hit people where it hurts and the won't notice anything else. If you hit them hard enough they may actually support you.

Which country has the itchy trigger finger?

I still don't see the benefits of a war between the superpowers, especially when a manufactured war between two other parties with USA being an ally could supply a similarly high level of input and profit.

A direct confrontation between Russia and the USA could be disastrous for all of us and is something neither side would benefit from in the long term. The consequences of this kind of conflict would render any profit or achievement null and void.

I would put my money on the USA starting a conflict between two other nations where their risk of a direct nuclear strike on them as an ally is not plausible.
This could be N & S.Korea, who are already making indicative moves toward an all out conflict. This would allow the USA to come in as an ally to the South.

I guess a conflict between Russia and the USA is possible, and without the use of Nuclear weaponry, but how long would it continue before either side did press the button?
I think we all know that there are a thousand and one things going on that we know nothing about; people in each nation relaying information back, sabotage, development of new technologies, neutralizing methods and so on. But I still don't see a war between Russia and the USA solving anything.

I do tend to agree that our planet has become to populated to be sustained for the long term. and I believe sooner or later we will see something that will reset the number to more managable number. Wether it is the supposed NWO or mother nature herself i dont know. But i do believe sooner or later the earth will set the number right for us if we dont blow ourselves up.

Putin is nothing more than a reincarnation of Hitler. Read the history of Hitler's rise in power and his actions, from reputable sources outside the internet, and the comparisons are striking.

Russia has a vast supply of natural resources that are for sale. They had a major income stream with high oil and gas prices. These markets have collapsed in both demand and price. They have large loans to repay and no way other than to dump other resources on the market. They hold the largest supply of diamonds in reserve along with tons of gold. If they start selling these, watch the reaction of the world's markets.

A war would solve nothing, the economy would still be down and millions would be dead on top of it. That would be a reset button on this problem, but it raises whole new problems.

the title is misleading , mods please correct the title of the topic

(Saw someone mentioned a nuke)

The problem with nukes economically speaking is that you nuke an entire nation you have just

1. Reduced the number of people,

2. The amount of money changing hands reduced

3. The amount of people who can generate money globally reduced

4. Would also nuke any trade agreements with other countries against the tactic

5. Countries who made money with the nuked nation would then also become your economical enemy

6. The government firing a nuke this day in age also risks being taken out of control by it's people for worry their country will be retaliated against by the destroyed nations allies.

7. Nuclear submarines, off the coast of the country firing the initial nuke, would be ordered to fire on them from the remaining politicians in a bunker underneath the ground.

8. If multiple nukes from multiple countries started launching the UN would be dissolved and any trading under the UN cloak would be discontinued. Hence no one in power and no one with money. At this point anyone with gold, paper bills or coins will be worth nothing because food and water will be priority and bartering would now be the system of trade. I can eat a potato but not a gold rock.

In economical terms just 1 nuke would destroy the entire economy for the entire planet. If it is higher powers and all about the money controlling the planet. Then a nuke will never be fired.

While a distasteful thought, what the world really needs is something to level the playing field between countries that compete economically.

As it stands, that 'field' is tilted dramatically in favour of countries that do not have the same standard of living to which we've become accustomed.

The populus inhabiting the axis of countries comprised of China, Russia and the developing nations do not have the same standard of living as the U.S., Canada and the 'developed' nations therefore costs of production are lower there resulting in the outflow of dollars. The 'effect' of that 'cause' is the reduction in employment and thus disposable income to spend on the products manufactured abroad.

The less manufactured, the less jobs, the less use of petrochemicals (also exacerbating the problems in Russia), the less money to support the jobless . . .

It all boils down to there not being enough to go around, predominantly due to the unlevel playing field.

So . . . it is time to level the playing field and cull the herd . . . to reduce the jobless numbers, to reduce the need to manufacture, to reduce the drain on governments to support the jobless who can't afford the products and . . . you get the sense of a problem that can only get bigger and bigger until it envelopes every country on the globe.

The best way to cull the herd, level the field and create an atmosphere conducive to rebuilding the global system is . . .

Global war.

The seed have already been sown.