how did the vietnam and korean wars end?
you're assuming that it was necessary for us to invade iraq, which it wasn't, and this war is not against islam.
Countries Involved in WW1
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
India
Iraq
Italy
Japan
Montenegro
New Zealand
Poland
Portugal
Rhodesia
Romania
Russia
Serbia
South Africa
Turkey United States
Countries Involved in WW2
Albania, Algeria
Australia
Austria, Belgium, Borneo
Bulgaria
Burma, Canada, Ceylon
Chile, China
Congo, Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark, Egypt
Eritrea, Ethiopia
Finland, France
Germany, Gibraltar
Great Britain
Greece, Grenada
Gilbert Islands
Hong Kong, Hungary, India
Iraq, Israel
Italy
Japan, Korea, Malaya
Malta, Marshall Islands
Morocco, Netherlands
New Guinea, New Zealand
Nicaragua, Norway
Pakistan, Palestine
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Sicily, Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia, South Africa
Soviet Union, Spain
Sweden, Switzerland
Syria, Thailand, Tunisia
Turkey
United States
Vietnam, Yugoslavia
Countries Involved in WW3
So far, including suggested benefit:
Afghanistan
Albania: hopes to join NATO.
Australia: reinforcing ties with US.
Bahrain: cementing security ties with US.
Bulgaria: pending NATO membership.
Croatia: hopes to join NATO.
Czech Republic: reinforcing ties with US.
Denmark: reinforcing ties with US and NATO.
Egypt: extra US aid.
Estonia: pending NATO membership.
Great Britain: No immediate benefit, but part of a long running doctrine that the interests of the UK are best served by maintaining a 'special relationship' with the US.
Hungary: strengthening ties with US.
Iraq: Invaded by US forces on March 20, 2003
Iran: Rumors of US invasion throughout 2006.
Israel: Supports the US in most diplomatic affairs
Italy: strengthening ties with US.
Jordan: military and economic aid.
Kuwait: strengthening security ties with US.
Latvia: pending NATO membership.
Lithuania: pending NATO membership.
Macedonia: hopes to join NATO.
Norway
NATO
Oman: regional security.
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland: Will Poland's president be NATO's next Secretary-General?
Portugal: strengthening ties with US.
Qatar: strengthening ties with US.
Romania: strengthening ties with US.
Saudi Arabia: strengthening ties between Saudi security forces and the US.
Slovenia: pending NATO membership.
Slovakia: pending NATO membership.
Spain: strengthening ties with US.
South Korea
Turkey: position has never been clear, and £9.4bn in aid now in doubt.
United Arab Emirates: regional security
United States: leading the fight against 'axis of evil'
Source:
Guardian Unlimited
Countries critical of Iraq War:
Canada, France, Germany, Russia (were all banned from bidding for reconstruction programs in Iraq), Chile, New Zealand, Syria.
Apparent Enemies: Taliban, Ba'athist Iraq, Ba'ath Loyalists, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, Waziristan tribesmen, Iraqi insurgency, Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Sayyaf, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat
Commonly Believed Cause of WW1
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Strong feelings of nationalism throughout Europe prior to The Great War created an atmosphere in Europe which made war a likelihood. The spark which ignited the flame and transformed these underlying problems into a frenzy of hostilities happened on June 28, 1914, when Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian student, Gavrilo Princip, while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. Many historians consider this to be the spark that started WW1.
Austro-Hungary presented an ultimatum of thirty demands to Serbia and 48 hours were allotted for their answering. Serbia agreed to all but one: Austrian investigation of the assassination plot.
As a result, Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia (who had allied with Serbia). Two days later, Germany declared war on France and swept its armies through Belgium, violating its neutrality. Because of this, Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland) declared war on Germany. Austro-Hungary declared war on England. And thus started WWI.[/FONT]
Commonly Believed Cause of WW2
Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's occupation of the Sudetenland and the invasion of Czechoslovakia - provided the setting for a likely world war.
In March,1939, Hitler demanded that Poland allow Germany to annex the Nazi-dominated free city of Danzig, and that Germany be given control over a 25-mile wide strip of land between Germany and East Germany, created by the Versailles Treaty to give Poland access to the Baltic Sea. Attempts by the Allies to persuade Hitler to negotiate with the Poles were unsuccessful. After signing the Nazi-Soviet Pact, which safeguarded his eastern border, Hitler sent his air and land forces into Poland on September 1, 1939. Warsaw and other Polish cities were bombed.
Britain and France declared war on Germany (September 3) when Germany ignored their demands to cease its attack and withdraw.
Commonly Believed Cause of WW3
In his State of the Union address and other speeches, President Bush attempted to articulate the reasons for going to war with Iraq and ousting Saddam Hussein. Essentially the three main objectives: (1) to eliminate Saddam's weapons of mass destruction (WMD); (2) to diminish the threat of international terrorism; and (3) to promote democracy in Iraq and surrounding areas.
However, many believed the war was the administration's goal of preventing OPEC's use of the Euro as an oil transaction currency standard. In order to pre-empt OPEC, the US needed to gain geo-strategic control of Iraq along with its 2nd largest proven oil reserves.
Many claimed the war was illegal (didn't obtain UN sanction) and still others state the war was about gaining control of valuable Iraqi oil resources.
The Real Cause of WW1
According to
Albert Pike, the First World War was designed to enable the Czarist Government in Russia to be finally and completely overthrown and replaced with a new atheist, Communist government.
History records that this First World War did indeed occur as predicted. The Western powers in Europe, in conjunction with the United States, financed Lenin's expedition into Russia, and financed his government consistently. The US has financed Russian Communism at least once per decade since then.
A little closer to home:
In 1909, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was tasked to answer the following question posed by the US government: "If it is desirable to alter the lives of an entire nation, is there any means more efficient than war?" After a year of research, the answer came back: "There are no known means more efficient than war, assuming the objective is altering the life of an entire nation."
And for what reason would anyone want to alter the lives of an entire nation?
Historian Walter Mills wrote the following about the purpose of the war and about Colonel House's basic intent: "The Colonel's sole justification for preparing such a batch of blood for his countrymen was his hope of establishing a new world order, [a world government] of peace and security...."
The Real Cause of WW2
The Second World War was foreseen to originate between Great Britain and Germany. However, one of the planned results of this war was to strengthen the new Communist Russian government, so that it could weaken and destroy other governments and religions.
History again records that the Second World War did indeed accomplish this objective. The war started when Germany invaded Poland, causing Great Britain to declare war on Germany. Very soon, the troika (3's) of powers were set up to wage this war. Germany, Italy and Japan vs. Great Britain, United States and Russia.
The Pike vision of the Second World War building Russian Communism into a super power was fulfilled to a startling degree. Historians have always been mystified as to how Churchill and Roosevelt could have given away all of Eastern Europe to the Soviets, when the preponderance of power was clearly against the Soviets. Clearly, when Roosevelt and Churchill ceded all of Eastern Europe to Russia, the Communist Government of Russia, completed its transition to a super power, exactly as Pike's vision had foretold.
The Real Cause of WW3
The Third World War was foreseen to be between Zionism and Islam. This prediction is incredible in many ways, beginning with the understanding that this prediction of a third world war occurred in 1870, a time when Israel did not exist as a nation, and when no one believed it would ever exist again.
The vision predicted that out of the smoke and destruction of this World War, a new leader will stride triumphantly, to put an end to the War, and to finally give the embattled world "Peace and Safety".
Interestingly, to back up this prediction, a report was released in December 1996 by The U.S. House of Representatives' Task Force On Terrorism And Unconventional Warfare. It was entitled, 'Approaching the New Cycle of Arab-Israeli Fighting'. In brief, the report tells us that such nations as Syria, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Egypt are planning and building for a final, devastating war of annihilation against Israel. This includes acquiring nuclear, biological and chemical weapons (NBC) in a mix with conventional weapons, e.g. tanks, aircraft, and soldiers, all in massive, overwhelming numbers." [P. 43]
WW1 Ended
11:00 November 11, 1918
WW2 Ended
September 2, 1945
WW3 Ended
Only time will tell...
Duration of WW1
4 years, 3 months and 14 days
Duration of WW2
6 years and 1 day
Duration of WW3
Only time will tell...
Casualties in WW1
Germany1,800,000Soviet Union1,700,000France1,385,000Austria1,200,000Great Britain947,000Japan800,000Romania750,000Serbia708,000Italy460,000Turkey325,000Belgium267,000Greece230,000USA137,000Portugal100,000Canada69,000Bulgaria88,000Montenegro50,000TOTAL11,016,000
Casualties in WW2 Soviet Union25,568,000China11,324,000Germany7,060,000Poland6,850,000Japan1,806,000Yugoslavia1,700,000Rumania985,000France810,000Greece520,000USA495,000Austria480,000Italy410,000Great Britain388,000Holland250,000Belgium85,000Finland79,000Canada42,000India36,000Australia29,000Albania28,000Spain22,000Bulgaria21,000New Zealand12,000Norway10,000South Africa9,000Luxembourg5,000Denmark4,000TOTAL59,028,000
Casualties in WW3
If the World Trade Center attack on September 11 2001 is considered the trigger required to start World War 3, a total of 3,000 should be added to the figures below.
Source: www.september11victims.com
The death count (of mainly Iraqi civilians) so far, updated daily.
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Source: www.iraqbodycount.org. Get the latest allied fatality count since the invasion of Baghdad here (2,692 as of September 21, 2006).
