If China decides to invade Taiwan tomorrow, would that mean WW3 would have started?
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« on: October 10, 2023, 07:13:40 AM »
Or not.

Would you consider WW3 to have started if we read in the news Taiwan is being invaded tomorrow?
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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2023, 07:15:00 AM »
China aren't going to invade tomorrow though, or indeed any time soon.

Ukraine saw to that.
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2023, 08:01:45 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2023, 08:20:33 AM »
No, the three conflicts are unrelated.
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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2023, 09:00:31 AM »
Quote from: Ferguson97 on October 10, 2023, 08:20:33 AM
No, the three conflicts are unrelated.

Well, WWII also started as a series of unrelated conflicts.

If you have three scenarios where different actors try to change the international status quo in a relatively coordinated way we could talk about WWIII.

I don't see it happening though. AI will change everything soon.
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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2023, 12:20:54 PM »
« Edited: October 10, 2023, 12:31:56 PM by GP270watch »
 I would wager that China will re-establish its domain over Taiwan without any major battles.
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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2023, 12:24:46 PM »
No because a "world war" implies something that is completely anachronistic today (i.e., great powers marching armies of >1M men across continents.)  Even if the PRC invaded Taiwan tomorrow, I don't see how it would escalate to direct conflict between global powers (i.e., the US/NATO vs Russia/China.) 
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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2023, 01:28:56 PM »
Yes, but the chance of them doing it tomorrow is not happening
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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2023, 07:55:41 PM »
No, WW3 already happened, it was called the Cold War, and America won that one too

What's going on now is WW4, aka the War on Terror, which has been ongoing since 9/11/2001, and AMERICA will win this one too
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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2023, 11:06:32 PM »
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