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Quote by: Gods_Mercenary  I never said that hezbollah and Syria can't hurt U.S. interests, I said that in a war involving countries like Britain, Russia, and China, they are really nothing more than a possible spark. There has always been tension between nations. If the USSR and the U.S. didn't come to blows, I see no reason why this time is any more likely to produce war. At the risk of sounding like those who claimed protracted war was impossible before WWI, I'll say that this time is no more likely than what preceded it to incite global war.
Gramps, I happen to agree with you that Nukes are a double edged sword in terms of coercion, but then again, a low tech missile wouldn't be dangerous in anyones hands besides a madman, as the big powers would likely be united along with their high tech, hard to find arsenals against the perpetrators. One thinks that it would be nice if all nuclear weapons were to disappear, but then you remember they probably have kept the world from embarking on another Global war. |
If you take into account that Hizbollah only makes up about 8% of Lebanon's total area, and was still able to beat Israel in 2006 even though the latter has much more advanced weapons and the number of its troops are so much larger than the ones Hizbollah has, you would know that the case here is not quantity but definitely quality, Hizbollah musters competent military strategies and maneuvers, thus the reason behind them being so invincible. Just because USA and the USSR did not come to blows in the past, certainly doesn’t mean that Russia wouldn’t try to fight USA if a global war is to be instigated, especially that Russia’s political views and government now Is different than what it used to be, the terms and situations now are not similar to that of the previous cold war between the two nations, you certainly can’t compare the new Russia with the old one, things changed, everything is possible, a war between the two nations is possible. I don’t think that Al Qaeda or Bin Laden would sit back and not lift a finger if war erupts, it surly would interfere, and things could get ugly.