WWIII?

nemo, never base yourself on wikipedia. Anyone can include his ideas, opinions, ... in it

Originally posted by nemo

besides, some of the best, most useful stuff are invented during peacetime. electricity, internet, lighting, steam engine. so we don't need war to improve ourselves.

You mention the internet... but computers are a product of war. The internet without computers is pretty impossible. 🙂

Originally posted by finti
nah the closest we have come to WWIII was the Cuban missle crisis

the suez crisis wasn anything near the tension the cuban missle crisis created

Yes, the Cold War was a war of tension, influence and the battle of proxy states who represented the two big powers of the time. The Cuban Missile Crisis was possibly the hottest point of the entire thing, and had the potential to really effect the whole world.