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Topic	I predict another war within the next 50 years.
Chr0noid 11/18/18 10:55:08 AM #33:	Sarcasthma posted... Chr0noid posted... Firewerx posted... Chr0noid posted... And not "Iraq War" levels either. I'm talking, an actual war. It probably felt like an "actual war" to the roughly hundred thousand people who died as a result. Just like the Second Congo War probably really did feel like the planet's deadliest conflict since WWII to the 860,000 people (at an absolute minimum) who died by 2008. Don't twist my words into something malign, you know what I meant. What did you mean? Gladly. Let me point out some distinct differences between something like World War II and The War on Terror in the Middle East. Things like America invading Iraq and Afghanistan may be controversial, and a lot of people don't agree that we even should have been over there to begin with, but that's not what I'm really focusing on here. When America waged war against Saddam, the only people who really "felt" it, were the soldiers, the Iraqi government, and the denizens of Iraq. And it was also pretty one sided. Most Americans lived through this war by watching clips of it on television or looking at pictures online. Also, Americans didn't really feel any impact from said war economically or otherwise. We weren't buying bonds, rationing out gasoline and food, and there weren't entire factories filled with civilians working night and day to keep the war effort supplied. I'm not saying all that stuff in the Middle East wasn't a war or was completely pointless or anything like that. I'm just saying that certain wars differ from others in a myriad of ways. And that whatever war is going to happen within the next 50 year or so will make Americans almost wish it was just another struggle against terrorism somewhere in some sand-blasted hell. I have a feeling that the next war is going to have a bit more impact than that. And it's going to be a terrible one. --- Whoever becomes a lamb will find a wolf to eat him. Vilfredo Pareto <cite>Chr0noid posted [p:912611742] in I predict ... [t:77209022]...</cite> <quote><cite>Sarcasthma posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Chr0noid posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Firewerx posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Chr0noid posted...</cite> <quote>And not "Iraq War" levels either. I'm talking, an actual war. </quote> It probably felt like an "actual war" to the roughly hundred thousand people who died as a result. Just like the Second Congo War probably really did feel like the planet's deadliest conflict since WWII to the 860,000 people (at an absolute minimum) who died by 2008.</quote> Don't twist my words into something malign, you know what I meant.</quote> What did you mean?</quote> Gladly. Let me point out some distinct differences between something like World War II and The War on Terror in the Middle East. Things like America invading Iraq and Afghanistan may be controversial, and a lot of people don't agree that we even should have been over there to begin with, but that's not what I'm really focusing on here. When America waged war against Saddam, the only people who really "felt" it, were the soldiers, the Iraqi government, and the denizens of Iraq. And it was also pretty one sided. Most Americans lived through this war by watching clips of it on television or looking at pictures online. Also, Americans didn't really feel any impact from said war economically or otherwise. We weren't buying bonds, rationing out gasoline and food, and there weren't entire factories filled with civilians working night and day to keep the war effort supplied. I'm not saying all that stuff in the Middle East wasn't a war or was completely pointless or anything like that. I'm just saying that certain wars differ from others in a myriad of ways. And that whatever war is going to happen within the next 50 year or so will make Americans almost wish it was just another struggle against terrorism somewhere in some sand-blasted hell. I have a feeling that the next war is going to have a bit more impact than that. And it's going to be a terrible one. --- Whoever becomes a lamb will find a wolf to eat him. Vilfredo Pareto</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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