why always WWIII

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Why are all the Web worry warts always crying about the coming of WWIII? Back in the 97 Airpower Journal, stated: "By one estimate, 125 million people have died in 149 wars since 1945"... This was the estimate of John Otranto, executive director, Global Care, Munich, Germany.

Even if that estimate was a bit over the real amount - still what was that? Was it like 'WW2 & 1/2' Assuming that only one half of John Otranto's estimate was valid - that sounds an awful lot like WWIII to me. When you add up the list of battlefields, the amount of ordinance used, and the money spent it dwarfs WWI and WWII. Can't these modern Web nerd-religious-prophets count? They should be biting their collective butts and running around in circles crying about the upcoming WWIV.

The Cold War was never treated like a real war even though it really was (but mislabeled as Police Actions). In 1992 I once pointed out to a Vietnam vet, who was glum that the USA had lost in Vietnam, saying. "Hey guy Vietnam was just one campaign in the great Cold War. Hey, WE won the Cold War. We lost campaigns near the beginning of WWII, but we won WWII. Your effort was not wasted."

Our population being less jaded than this present dissing-throw-you-off-the Island generation, this old vet accepted what I said. Of course I will admit he had had a few beers.