1. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:Do you cross the street during rush hour, with multiple 18-wheelers speeding by, and the Highway Patrol nowhere in sight? The odds of intervention in Syria ending badly are far higher than 1/100.

    Yeah, I agree. That was just an example. The risk of something like a WWIII because of this could be somewhere around there though.
  2. World War 3, is pretty unlikely. A major regional conflict is much more likely.

  3. Well, let's say most of the muslim nations join the war, and most of us Western nations. That's almost a WWIII.
  4. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]

    Well, let's say most of the muslim nations join the war, and most of us Western nations. That's almost a WWIII.

    Not really. Most of Europe has no reason at all to get involved, and I cant see Russia doing anything other than supplying arms and advisers.
  5. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:[..]

    Not really. Most of Europe has no reason at all to get involved, and I cant see Russia doing anything other than supplying arms and advisers.

    Well, a lot of European nations are in the NATO.

    All I'm saying is that the Syria situation is taking "complex" to a new level and I don't think it's possible for a decisionmaker to understand at all.
  6. Most the countries in NATO, don't really do that much.

  7. Um. USA/Britain/France attacks Syria. Russia and China doesn't like it. Syria and Iran attacks Israel.

    And then you have USA/Britain/France on one side and China/Russia/Iran on the other. That's global conflict and it is a bad one. C'mon Obama, show that you're worth of your Nobel peace prize and start WWIII.
  8. Yeah, that scenario is quite scary, and worst of it, quite probable.
  9. Watching the House of Commons. It's basically a dock measuring contest to see who can deliver the most poetic argument.
  10. I was pointing out that there has been a Arabic war with UN Security Council members on both sides before.