Defining Picture of the Iraq War

[SK]

and if pearl harbor was not bombed the us would have allowed britain to lose? this is what you are saying right? the us is a nation made up of people who come from all over the world, imo, it is impossible to stay nuetral in another countries politics when your people are from those countries.
edit: deblas your a fuckin moron. wwi was started because of crazed nationalism and imperialism, wwii because germany got shitted on with the treaty of versailles and britain and france allowing them to build back up. iraq has no outstanding alliances to allow the war to escalate. the only way a new world war could start is if north korea allied with china.

[Board of Command]

Originally posted by: -Sharingan-Kakashi-
wwi was started because of crazed nationalism and imperialism

No, WWI was the direct result of a retarded alliance system that was used back then. Nationalism and imperialism was the cause of the conflicts, not the war. The conflict did not cause every western country to participate in a global war, the alliance system did. It should have just been a few European countries fighting.

wwii because germany got shitted on with the treaty of versailles and britain and france allowing them to build back up

No, that's only the root of the problem. It was Hitler who played the emotions of the German people, and they put him in power. Without Hitler there probably would not have been a war, since the Nazi party really wasn't anything without Hitler. WWII is a result of human emotions.

War's a complicated thing. All wars are started by conflicts, but not all conflicts turn into wars, especially world wars. The only thing preventing WW3 is nuclear weapons.

[Jessper]

Originally posted by: BOARD_of_command
No, WWI was the direct result of a retarded alliance system that was used back then. Nationalism and imperialism was the cause of the conflicts, not the war. The conflict did not cause every western country to participate in a global war, the alliance system did. It should have just been a few European countries fighting.

The alliance system back then (balance of power) required that you shift alliances constantly to keep any country from gaining too much power. People stopped wanting to be flexible because their nationalism got in the way of making allies with communist states ect. With democracy came inflexibility and thus a useless system.

Also the alliance between Germany and Mexico pissed the American people off, war may have been demanded from the people, though I forget at the moment.

As I understand it Y, the U.S. waited until our observers in Europe said that they thought the British and French would win then helped them to get a say in the treaty to be made (though we ended up not signing the Treaty of Versailles but made our own with Germany, a much kinder one). Though my mind isn't fresh on the subject so I can't say for sure. Interesting idea of letting Germany take over Europe, would be interesting.