really Sassy, what has this 'to my uncultured ears' song got to do with the original question. times are way different. Elvis then wouldn't fit in Now; like Mahatma Gandhi then or even JC!

yes we are now at war, a different kind of war, an animal war of or an undefined war. this time the enemy is within ourselves, our laws where the animals can strike and we can't carry a stick.

Past empires, including Roma's downfall due from excesses; don't come close to explaining what is actually happening. We grope to History and crusades; but all that turned over its head the day one man landed on the moon.

yes we are at war, at a time when religious absolutes are finished. yet, we are getting slashed by a thousand cuts.
a war that cannot be won with guns, navy and nuclear warheads.

yes sir, we are at war where civilians will go down; yesterday at Baghdad; and the armies will watch helplessly.

and we will revert to blame game: the Russians, the Chinese, the Iraqis and the Iranians, Pakistan and me.

'We don't have a clue why this is happening' - said Mr. Trump
'Till then, let's hold up Muslim immigration' (not exact words)

a punk mayor of a city which has dealt history for 500 years has openly blown the bugle for a 'larger ISIS' and we are still in denial. are we ducks for their weekend shootout?
sadly yes.


sums it up.

It's already started. We lost our chance to end it when the US left Iraq. Now it will spread like the disease it is farther than WWII. The radical branch of Islam is on one side and the rest of the world is on the other.

This is one of those "it depends on what you mean" questions.

For the most part, I'd say no, in the sense that there's no reason to think that any of the larger countries are about to march their infantries into some one else's country.

But you can also look at the facts that China seems to be looking to expand it's military presence in the Pacific, and push back against the long standing US military presence there. And Russia under Putin certainly seems eager to overrun Ukraine and try to reestablish the old Russian Empire.

One thing that makes it extra hard to be sure of anything, is that there are a lot of heavy duty political interests here in the US, for whom the ability to scare Americans into THINKING we are about to enter a huge war, pays tremendous dividends in power and money. And of course, various "news" media outlets benefit every time we all get upset at the same time.

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that's quite a flip-flop pal.

but since you are a recent member, letting it go this time.

Actually could see Putin pulling a Hitler and trying to retake all of the countries formerly in the USSR and more honestly.

no you dont,
neither do you have to wrap the patriotic flag around to save your point.

it's not about your country or mine we are talking about.
it's about global terrorism, a different kind of war, got it chum?

neither do i see any genuine contribution
except for the niggardly language, bud.

check dictionary.

not what you thought, eh?

World wars are described by Wikipedia as "a war involving many or most of the world's most powerful and populous countries. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theatres."

If those same parameters used to categorize past conflicts as "world wars" were used to describe conflicts today WW3 may have started years ago, especially if the internet were to be considered a "theater" in which attacks are conducted.