Biggest threat for world peace

[Lovejoy]

According to this article we, the swedes, belive US to be the greatest threat for world peace, followed by North Korea and Iran. I do not know when the test was made. I quess if it had been done after the North Koreas nuke tests the results could have been diffrent.

http://sydsvenskan.se/sverige/article192800.ece

But anyway, this thread is not about that article. But it made me think:

What do you think is the biggest threat for world peace. Is there a threat?

Me? I don't really think there is a threat. USA will calm down now I belive, and hopefuly Bush will lose in the next election. (He better will! I count on you America!) North Korea is simply too small, they will be eaten alive if they do anything. Maybe. Hopefuly.

The question is maybe what might happed to a growing China. Who knows maybe they go crazy in 20 years. Scary **** if they would.

Anyway, I leave it to you.

(EDIT: Ofc there isn't and never will be a "world peace", but to live in the world of today... is okey. If there would ever be a WWIII, who do you think we can hold responsible(sp). Or something.. I do belive you get what I mean. Do you?)

[John I Tzimisces]

Bush *can't* be in the next election. This is his second term...

[Lovejoy]

Bush *can't* be in the next election. This is his second term...

Yeah! That's right! Brain failiur delux. :hmmm:

[mrjesushat]

Bush *can't* be in the next election. This is his second term...

Don't jump the gun before you count your unhatched chickens, Tzimisces. These days, anything is possible. We can't even count the votes right.

As far as the biggest threat to world peace these days, I'd say it's the oil industry, and those companies abroad that are intent on owning water rights. Also, the military contractors who require wars and rumors of wars in order to justify their collective existence. And the financiers who want to cash in big on the rebuilding efforts for nations that the U.S. just has to blow up. Finally, the U.S. elections cycle is a threat to world peace, because since we do not address real issues, every so often, our politicians have to invent a new enemy to go to "war" with.

Last on the list is aliens. They're a problem, but only an imaginary one.

[DefenderofFreedom]

Don't jump the gun before you count your unhatched chickens, Tzimisces. These days, anything is possible. We can't even count the votes right.

Even the most dieheart Bush fan would walk to DC and physically pull him out of the oval office if he did that.... Which he wouldn't do by the way...

[Farnan]

Even the most dieheart Bush fan would walk to DC and physically pull him out of the oval office if he did that.... Which he wouldn't do by the way...

Heck I'd shoot him and probably the rest of the military would too and he is our boss...

We're sworn to defend the Constitution, not the politicians...

[Rapax]

Heck I'd shoot him and probably the rest of the military would too and he is our boss...

We're sworn to defend the Constitution, not the politicians...

Didn't you once say you can't even pass opinion on your "chief of command" ?

[Ahiga]

Heck I'd shoot him and probably the rest of the military would too and he is our boss...

We're sworn to defend the Constitution, not the politicians...

It's pretty obvious that you guys would do that, and not suffer the existence of a tyrant

But sometimes I tend to have my mind drift to thinking otherwise, just in seeing how unflinchingly loyal I have seen some people be to Bush. They just don't question him at all, and consider him a bigger hero than Reagan (I find myself often referring to that guy, although I never grew up under him. I believe his foreign policy was much better than Bush Jr's). I think if it was possible to have more than two terms, they would still vote for him. I don't think such loyalty would transfer over to him staying in power indefinitely, but for some of them, I think it would if the excuse was valuable enough, it could be followed. For example, the administration could pre-emptively attack Iran, possibly bringing us into a situation where terrorism for us is as common as it is for Israel, and then the legitimacy of keeping the same president in power, instead of replacing him, could be seen as more valid.



What I am really worried about is simply a Bush Dynasty, where the same council or same ideology continues. I don't really consider Bush Jr's ideology to be like Bush Senior's, so I doubt that would happen with Jeb.

[The Walrus]

There will never be world peace. Human nature prevents that. If this was possible, I would say currently the US is in the way with us playing "world police". Iran would be a threat and North Korea because of nukes. China and India because they are growing and will be superpowers soon. And last, terrorists because they hate the whole western world.

[Erik]

The US is definitely the biggest threat to world peace.
They have the strongest army, they ignore the UN, and they believe "pre-emptive" wars are the way to go (rather than most countries who see war only as a last resort).

On the second place I put Switzerland: they have been planning their world domination for a very long time.

[Tecumseh]

How can there be a threat to world peace when it doesn't exist?

[Syron]

Is peace no matter the cost a good thing?

[Silver Guard]

Biggest threat to world peace? We are
By we I mean intellecuals, taking as a basis that TWCers are on average more intellecual then the average man (or woman of course)
We hold the power of the world in our hands, we have the logical thinking and long words to convince crowds of thousands our way of thought should we so care, we have the capacity to create the most dangerous weapons yet to exist, to work our ways into goverments and tear them appart through cunning and inginuity
You would have thought with intelligence comes common sense, not so. Power corrups, knowledge is power, hense knowledge corrupts. If anything intellectuals have the greater tentancy to fall to arrogance. And of all people they are the most deservant to feel that way. But Arrogance can cause a lack of the capacity to listen to others, to care for others. The corruption of the responsibilities to lead the world can lead to lust for more power, and from their comes the wars of the world.
Think of it, how many of you think you could do a better job then bush? A fair few I would have thought, how many of those would have the power rush to their head in a matter of weeks, again, a fair few. And once you're in that position, who knows what atrocities could be unleashed by the newly corrupted

[Lovejoy]

Maybe world peace was a bad chose of worlds. Maybe I meant threat. Who do you belive to be the biggest threat to the world.

Ofc there can never be world peace(ofc it can, it just won't happend).

[Syron]

But the problem is, threat to what? What is "the world"? In terms of what?

If you are simply talking miltarily what does it matter if that "threat" is justifiable?

[danzig]

Biggest threat to world peace is believing someone/something is making a boogeyman (and acting towards them like they are) out of a group of people, whether its Muslims, communist, neocons, Americans, Europeans etc.

[DefenderofFreedom]

After Iraq, I doubt America will even touch another country militaristically for a long time unless we are absolutely forced too. No American politician will go near the idea of another war. Thinking otherwise would be rather... unintelligent.

PS. Most of the world is just straight out jealous of us. Iraq gave them a reason to hate us *lol*

[Rapax]

PS. Most of the world is just straight out jealous of us.

With this enlightened attitude one wonders why some people don't like america.

It's more like that Bush Administration's international pollicies have been massive failure so far.

Oh how can you say that? Cheneys wife only recently said that they have been a huge success, since there hasn't been a terrorist attack on american soil since. I mean, there you go, everything fine...

[leeho730]

Oh how can you say that? Cheneys wife only recently said that they have been a huge success, since there hasn't been a terrorist attack on american soil since. I mean, there you go, everything fine...

Please have a look at Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, North Korea, Georgia etc. Did Bush Administration's policies prevent the spread of WMD? Did Bush Administration bring stability to volatile Arab and Korean region, or made it worse?

[leeho730]

It's more like that Bush Administration's international pollicies have been massive failure so far.