I read in the news yesterday and today that more Americans than Japanese think we will have another world war in our lifetime.
What exactly is a "world war"? It seems to me that what we are currently experiencing with terror attacks being committed in many different countries all over the world, THIS is a world war.
How does a war get classified as a world war? Sure the US is in a war in Iraq, and Afghanistan.... but in reality, the war seems to be without borders, and involves the whole world. It is not just the US and coalition forces against the Taliban in Afghanistan and "insurgents" in Iraq.
Is this war with Islamic extemist terrorists a world war or not? If not, what has to happen before it will be classified as a world war? |
