First lets take a look at the definition of war
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war
We even had to coin a new phrase "cold-war"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
So right there we can show a state of war existed almost immediately as WW2 ended. If we scratch a little deeper the roots of this new conflict were in place well before.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/curriculum-unit/origins-cold-war-1945-1949
So here we can see pretty clearly the seeds for the new conflict were sown far earlier.
If your not familiar with The Bretton Woods agreement take a look.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system
In 1971 when Nixon decoupled the dollar from gold fully, causing currencies pegged to the dollar for value to become free floating.
This set the stage for currency wars, which are numerous and ongoing.
Here are a few links if you need some examples of currency wars.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100808721
http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2013/06/india-let-the-rupee-fall-and-enter-the-currency-wars.html
http://www.financialmirror.com/news-details.php?nid=30269
Resource wars
This one is pretty obvious, and we can see it the foreign policies of every developed nation.
http://www.policymic.com/articles/31361/the-coming-resource-wars-between-america-china-and-japan
Now we have Cyber warfare
This one is wide open, and we become increasingly dependent on computers we obviously become more vulnerable to this type of warfare.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/07/us-usa-cyberwar-
idUSBRE95608D20130607
So World War 3?
As long as we have a belief in direct opposition, we will always have conflict.
These are wars of ideology in the end. The desire to tell other people how to live.
No matter the type of global conflict, the real losers will always be the ordinary men, and women swept along by the tide to be dashed against the rocks.
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
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