Is this how WWIII starts?

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake) 07/17/2014 at 12:06 • Filed to: None

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This is fucked up. If Russia shot down a passenger jet, there's going to be hell to pay.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Jayhawk Jake 07/17/2014 at 12:08

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They've done it before: Korean Air 007

Jedidiah > Jayhawk Jake 07/17/2014 at 12:11

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I don't see how we are not in world war 3 already; so much volatility in the world atm. We just need one event to push it over the edge like what happened in WW1.

extraspecialbitter > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 07/17/2014 at 12:12

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I shudder to think about what would happen if Putin green-lit this.

dinobot666 > Jayhawk Jake 07/17/2014 at 12:13

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Probably not. It's not like this could easily be linked to a central or recognized government, if the plane was in fact shot down.

Most likely it was a group of separatist nutters who got a hold of a surface to air missile.

Jayhawk Jake > Jedidiah 07/17/2014 at 12:14

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I was pretty sure the Crimea conflict was going to spark a much bigger incident. It may have just taken more time than expected to boil over...

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > extraspecialbitter 07/17/2014 at 12:17

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Probably Obama will go play another round of golf. Merkel will attempt to "understand" (read: appease) Putin, and Putin becomes an even more dangerous figure in world politics.

extraspecialbitter > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 07/17/2014 at 12:21

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Is that before or after he dials up more sanctions?

DipodomysDeserti > Jayhawk Jake 07/17/2014 at 12:26

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The US Navy shot down an Iranian commercial airliner over Iranian airspace in 1988 and that didn't start WWIII ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_… ); not sure this will. Although in case you haven't noticed, the US and its allies have been fighting the Global War on Terror (Global = World) since 2001.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Te…

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > extraspecialbitter 07/17/2014 at 12:34

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You are assuming that the sanctions actually do anything.

They don't, so that whole point is basically moot.

extraspecialbitter > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 07/17/2014 at 12:37

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I'm not assuming that at all. I'm compounding his round of golf with another useless action.

I maka da joke, yah?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Jayhawk Jake 07/17/2014 at 12:55

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After a long WW3 get ready for the Mad Max days.

Two Drink Minimum > Jayhawk Jake 07/17/2014 at 13:16

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Look, if KAL007 didn't spark World War III during the height of the Cold War, this shoot down by Russian separatists isn't going to do it now.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > extraspecialbitter 07/17/2014 at 13:25

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Of course you a maka da joke! It isn't as if you are talking to a German with no sense of humour. In the immortal words of Python:

"Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!"

f86sabre > Jayhawk Jake 07/17/2014 at 13:40

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Probably not, but that has a lot to do with who's plane it was. Sad, but true.