shlaifu wrote:
And then they found that only mutual annihilation keeps the US and Russia at bay, and founded the EU to stabilize europe.
The rest of the world was defenseless and therefore fair game.
Now the EU is slowly imploding into nationalism, again, and the part of the world that used to be fair game has figured out a way to defend themselves.
WW3 will only happen if the US decide it must, and it'll likely be between the 1st and 3rd World, while 2nd will try to expand its borders.
I think the present level of war is just what the present profiteers like and have arranged. The U.S. (and other countries) can spend billions (probably trillions) on war spending to the delight of those corporations that will later hire those generals and congressmen and congresswomen as "consultants" at sky-high compensation. They'll just move the conflict around the 3rd world.
Politicians may be stupid but they don't want anyone sticking a gun up.....(well you get it). And besides that, having a war against big countries that might hit back is just not good for business.
And we'll see an increase in ISIS events...maybe even add some new terrorist organizations to the list.