Talk:World War III

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Contents 1 Very pro-American, anti-Soviet page 2 Criteria for a World War 3 Dead king talking? 4 References to current talk radio hosts 5 Suez Crisis missing something? 6 Close calls: Cuban Missile Crisis 7 WW3 in fiction 8 List of doomsday scenarios 9 Stephen Colbert's "Road to World War Three" 10 There is now WWIII, the War is with Eurasia 11 Link removed 12 World War III started in 2001

[edit] Very pro-American, anti-Soviet page

Where are the accounts of US wars that could have lead to WWIII?

* Korea and McArthur's idea to use nukes against China. This happened after McArthur 
  entered China following N. Korean army resulting in China's retaliation. McArthur was then replaced.
* Vietnam War or "police action"
* Right after WWII, many in the US wanted to take out Soviet Union before it gained nuclear weapons
* How the missle key was set to all-0 until 1980s. The missle combination was put in place 
  after Cuban missle crises but the combination was set to all zeros. This meant almost anyone could 
  launch the missles.
* Also, there is less "mistakes" in the US listed probably because most of such 
  information is classified. We will not know this for some time.

More blanced article would be something like this: http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/issues/accidents/20-mishaps-maybe-caused-nuclear-war.htm

This page could use some balance and stop refering to people in either country with negative connotations.

[edit] Criteria for a World War

Criteria for a "World War" may be worth mentioning, as well as linking the artical back to World war. This whole page is getting rather lengthy and it may be worthwhile to transfer some of the prophecy and artistic definitions to new homes elsewhere. Motorfix 03:36, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

• Please see World War III in popular culture for all the removed material. It really needed it's own place.

Motorfix 03:54, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dead king talking?

"During a press conference soon after the start of the 1991 Gulf War, King Hussein of Jordan and King Olav V of Norway directly referred to the conflict between the United States and its coalition of allies against Iraq as "the Third World War" but there was no indication of any other world leaders accepting the definition." King Olav V of Norway died on January 17th, 1991, the day the Gulf war started. I can't believe no-one has noticed this very bad-taste joke. Removed!

13:25, 3 September 2006 (UTC)Devanatha

[edit] References to current talk radio hosts

Removed. Hardly appropriate in an encyclopedia setting.

[edit] Suez Crisis missing something?

Under historical close calls, Suez Crisis, mention is made of the Soviet threat of intervention on the side of the Egyptians and subsequent persuasion by Lester Pearson as reasons the conflict was resolved. John Lewis Gaddis, author of many books on the Cold War, has cited back channel efforts by President Eisenhower as a reason the crisis did not escalate. Should this be added? - Missiletest - 17:26, September 13, 2006

[edit] Close calls: Cuban Missile Crisis

Perhaps the entry on the Cuban Missile Crisis should reference Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, as well?? -- Steved424 14:40, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WW3 in fiction

Should there be a section for this?

• Please see World War III in popular culture. Motorfix 12:11, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of doomsday scenarios

Could use votes to save this article, thanks MapleTree 22:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Colbert's "Road to World War Three"

Should "The Road to World War Three" on the Colbert Report be mentioned in this article Kc4 19:21, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] There is now WWIII, the War is with Eurasia

Or, perhaps World War III will start once WWII stops. -- Wriggleybum 04:10, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link removed

I've taken the liberty and removed the link to this site:

Both Biblical prophecy and the Illuminati plan state that Israel is the key. [...] We are in the last stages of the preparation to so globalize the world that the Masonic New Age Christ (Antichrist) can appear to receive all the political and economic power of the world's rulers. This is the Illuminati plan and Biblical prophecy (Revelation 17:12-17).

I think we can agree that any article involving the Illuminati, the rapture and the Masonic New Age Christ (MaNAC?) is pretty much rubbish. Then again, maybe I'm just an agent of the Illuminati, trying to hide the truth from the rest of you. --Agitpop 22:32, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] World War III started in 2001

I no this is just vandalism but I don't know how to remove it--172.189.223.254 11:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)