world war III

[onat_1]

correct me if i'm wrong on this,threre was a survey among american and japanesse people if they believe if war is possible during our life time,40% american says yes, while only a third japanesse respondent think otherwise.i'm not really sure about the percentage of the survey but in my opinion it it's possible world war III will happen,what is your take on this??

[gwapito69]

yes mangyayari yan lalo na pag tinutuloy pa rin ni bush ang pag atake sa iraq.

[mazdamazda]

My theory?

The next World War will probably originate from the Middle East. Possibly putting Israel in the centerpiece.

USA & Europe might take Israel's side. Russia, China & India are wildcards.

This line from the Bible would give you the chills:

Revelation 9:16

The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number.

[IceColdBeer]

Parang nagsisimula na nga eh.

Read this earlier.

[SIZE=2]Western policies are to blame, says Livingstone[/SIZE]
By Andrew Sparrow, Political Correspondent
(Filed: 20/07/2005)

Ken Livingstone yesterday blamed western policies for contributing to the spread of the extremist beliefs that inspired the London bombers. The mayor of London highlighted the West's role in the creation of al-Qa'eda by saying: "We created these people. We built them up. We funded them."

His comments coincided with remarks from Muslim extremists that went much further, claiming that ministers were "the real terrorists" and that voters were to blame for the attacks because they returned Tony Blair to power.

Mr Livingstone has condemned the London bombings in the strongest terms, and immediately after the attack he was widely praised for the way he spoke up on behalf of all Londoners.

But yesterday he abandoned his consensual approach when he claimed that western policies in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Iraq may have influenced the bombers.

Mr Livingstone said: "This particular strand of extremism was funded by the West in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden was just another businessman until he was recruited by the CIA.

"I suspect the real problem was that we funded these people, as long as they were killing Russians. We gave no thought to the fact that when they stopped killing Russians they might start killing us."

Mr Livingstone also defended Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the controversial cleric who visited London at his invitation last year and who had been scheduled to attend a conference in Manchester next month.

He said Mr al-Qaradawi was a "leading progressive Muslim" who was not actually going to the conference and who had condemned the London attacks.

Asked about Mr al-Qaradawi's apparent support for Palestinian suicide bombers, Mr Livingstone said the cleric's views had been misreported.

In a separate move, Anjem Choudary, the UK leader of the militant Islamist group al-Muhajiroun, interviewed for BBC Radio 4's Today programme said Muslim leaders should not meet Mr Blair.

"The British Government wants to show that they are on the side of justice and of truth, whereas in reality the real terrorists are the British regime, and even the British police, who have tried to divide the Muslim community into moderates and extremists, whereas this classification doesn't exist in Islam," he said.

"Either you are a practising Muslim or a non-practising one, and I cannot envisage that any practising Muslim would sit with the Government, especially with the blood that they have on their hands and the atrocious foreign policy they have and the aggression they are committing against the Muslim community in Britain."

He added: "We need to see what caused this particular effect, otherwise we are going to continue in a cycle of blood and I believe another 7/7 is a very real possibility."

Another radical Muslim, Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, said British voters were to blame for the London attacks for not making enough effort to stop the Government committing its own atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[BlueBimmer]

yes buti naman wag na uli sa pacific..we have our own political 'war' here..

[pixelparadigm]

Palagay ko baka maging sunod na war ay East vs. West. Takot na takot ang America tsaka mga European countries na umunlad China dahil baka maging kapantay nila o maunahan pa sila sa military at economic dev't.

[mikey177]

Whether or not WWIII will be a war between Christianity and Islam or between China and the Western world, there is little hope that we can remain neutral or otherwise escape the conflict.

Our close proximity to China and Taiwan will likely draw us into a conflict if it erupts in the region. OTOH, if its a "clash of civilizations," as some people are calling the brewing conflict in the Middle East, we still won't be spared since we have large populations of both Muslims and Christians on our own soil.

That's why we should redouble our efforts to pray and work for the maintenance of peace in our lifetimes.

[IceColdBeer]

[SIZE=2]Beijing's expanding military a global issue[/SIZE]

By Liu Kuan-teh 劉冠德

Monday, Jul 25, 2005,Page 8

Advertising The US Department of Defense's annual report to Congress on "The Military Power of the People's Republic of China" highlighted growing concern, not only among US officials but also regional nations, over the impact of the rapid modernization of China's military forces on regional security, and its belligerence toward Taiwan as the cross-strait military balance has continued to tilt toward China.
The report related that the People's Liberation Army now has 650 CSS-6 and 730 CSS-7 short-range missiles targeted at Taiwan, as well as over 700 aircraft, including a rising share of advanced Su-27 fighters, two-thirds of its naval forces and 375,000 ground troops stationed across from Taiwan.

New findings also remind the world that China is improving its strategic missiles, capable of targeting India, Russia, virtually all of the US, as well as the Asia-Pacific theater as far south as Australia and New Zealand. Beijing's recent engagement in conflicts with its neighbors over territory and resource rights, also illustrate political uncertainties.

While the report attributed the rationale for Beijing's continued military build-up as a move to both prevent Taiwan's independence and to counter any third-party -- potentially the US -- intervention in cross-strait affairs, the modernization of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and its explicit ambition to threaten countries in the region, is cause for more global concern.

President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁 ) has repeatedly pledged that he will not pursue Taiwan's de jure independence during the remainder of his second term. The political situation, with the pan-green camp holding less than half of the seats in the legislature, also inhibits the administration's actions.

Moreover, the third-party argument plays an illegitimate role -- unless a cross-strait conflict were to be initiated solely by the People's Republic of China. Washington will help defend Taiwan and provide Taipei with defensive-oriented weapons in accordance with its own domestic law, the Taiwan Relations Act.

The irony is, China unilaterally enacted the so-called "Anti-Secession" Law this March despite international concerns. The law provides a legal basis for the PLA to employ "non-peaceful means" to resolve cross-strait disputes. To put it simply, Beijing will have the absolutely right to define the conditions for using force against Taiwan.

Under such circumstances, one cannot help but ask the following essential questions: Does Taiwan's independence and US interference in cross-strait affairs constitute an apparent and direct threat against China's national security? If not, why would the Chinese government increasingly and continuously expand its military power and develop long-range missile systems in the absence of a clear and present danger from the outside?

The Pentagon report is a wake-up call to the international community that Taiwan is not the only potential victim of Beijing's missile development and military aggrandizement. China's emerging military threat has extended beyond the Asia-Pacific region to Russia, Central and Southern Asia, and Australia.

Even though the Chinese authorities have introduced the concept of "peaceful rise," a new term to describe China's emergence, the notion of the "China threat" is by no means limited to the Taiwan Strait.

In pursuing engagement with China, the international community, including the US, must state clearly that safeguarding a strong and democratic Taiwan is in the interest of US efforts to create peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. Only by offering Taiwan support for continued democratic consolidation and defense can the impact of the "China threat" be jointly managed.

[jvdejesus05]

honestly, yes this could happen anytime in the future. america is so insecure towards other countries who are fastly revolutionizing their economic status as well as military status.

[BlueBimmer]

in short no other country can become a superpower except the USA. well at least they respect each other coz china has nuclear warfare capability..