If Bush is Reelected, How long till World War III begins?

I'd like to say that this post is tongue in cheek, but I'm dead serious. The prospect of Bush winning a second term is one of the most dangerous possibilities this country has ever faced.

If Bush wins a second term, he will be uninhibited by the thought of reelection, and will then have nothing to restrain him from going forward, full throttle, with the Neocon/PNAC agenda.

Should this unimaginable event take place, you can almost take it to the bank that the US will instigate wars with Iran, Syria, and North Korea.

And since the military is already overstretched and overburdened, you can count on a reinstatement of the draft to supply the manpower for the PNAC agenda of global hegemony.

For myself, I say that Bush will plunge us into a third world war within three years of being reelected.

Never in my life have I felt such a sense of urgency to see someone defeated in a Presidential election as I do with Bush in 2004.

It's already started. Iraq was his Poland.

is that the cold war was WWIII and that we're now in WW4. This comes from my father who was 26yrs Navy.

And I guess that it makes sense from a certain point of view, since most of the wars of the second half of the twentieth century were proxies for the global power struggle between the USA and USSR.

It wasn't really a world war in the same sense as the others though. When I say WWIII, I'm thinking along the lines of WWI & II.

They'll need to train draftees.

I can't imagine that a draft would go over real well with a large chunk of the U.S. general population. It was easy for chickenhawks to support the war in Iraq when they knew their asses wouldn't be taking bullets from snipers and insurgents. If they brought back the draft, I think you'd see the pro-war enthusiasm take a dive real quick.

If he gets a second term, he's basically accountable to no one for four years.

...but the Senators and Congressfolk will be. I would hope that they would not give him a free hand to do things that would be unpopular with most of the American popualtion.

After Bush and his evil hordes are kicked out of office, and the stench is removed from the Oval Office (where is Martha Stewart when you need her) . . . how long will it be before WWIII thing ends.
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They like to call it WW4, in order to suggest that it is analogous to the cold war, and imply that the (US/white) casualty rate will be at "acceptable" levels (millions of dead and millions of maimed foreigners don't seem to count for much in their calculations).

The question is not when it begins, but if it will end before the US is completely destroyed. If the PNAC-fundie-corporatist-fascist cabal continues in power after 2004 the word Armageddon will no longer be commonly understood as some thing that just happens "over there."

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Afghanistan was "justified" - we knew Al-Quaeda was there.

Iraq was a combination of three things in my mind.

One: The USA wanted to see if the world would let them get away with it, and they did.

Two: Major target practice and testing of all the USA's targeting weapons, as well as testing the Military's ability at suburban warfare. Sorta failing in the suburban warfare thing, but their missiles and bombs sorta performed "admirably" from the BFEE's point of view.

Three: Mass American troops, planes, subs and carriers in the European arena. Who knows how many armed subs lie beneath those waters?

It almost appears as if the USA is aggravating everyone possible, Iran, North Korea, China, etc. The USA's new "pact" with Pakistan is disturbing, another "ally" that is conveniently close to the Middle East, Russia and China.

The USA is pressuring Canada to install THEIR missiles in OUR country for "protection". I don't buy it. It's a quick lob over the pole to Russia and China methinks.

As to "when" - I'll be surprised if all hell doesn't break loose just BEFORE the election. People in the USA would be awful uncomfortable to change the Commander in Chief in an all out war.

Just my Canuk thoughts . . . .

(sigh)

But it could get far more complicated, which is why we have to send those bastards packing.