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I don't see US starting the war, I see OTHER COUNTRIES starting the war over US actions...

The entire south america is pissed off for example, and I've seen people here talking about trying to convince europeans to join us in a anti-US war, WWII style (ie: demonize the US and throw the entire world against it).

And it might work, plainly because US policies since WWII mostly pissed everyone off, almost all countries have reasons to want to see US destroyed, and I am pretty sure that with enough incentive, you might end with the entire world attacking the US...

Other possible scenarios are EU civil war, South America vs EU war, or Asian countries starting their own already incoming wars during this chaos, hoping to drag one western country or another to their side.

Can the world afford to attack the US? I figure there is too much money flowing through the country which would prevent that from happening as they would be alienating US corporations.

This is absolutely, without any doubt, the stupidest, least intelligent and most ridiculous and sensationalist comment ever to appear on the internet, or to be expressed in any other form. What reasons do almost all countries have for wanting to see the US destroyed? What reasons do these countries that hate the US so much have to destroy the entirety of world trade? I can't believe this thought was formed in a human brain.

Are you just being ridiculous right now? Chile, Uruguay, and Mexico for instance are strong U.S. allies. Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, and virtually every other country that hasn't given Snowden asylum would back America in the event of "World War III", which would end fairly fast.

Mexico is not part of South America. I agree about Chile. Uruguay is small, corrupt and almost controlled by the US.

I strongly disagree about Argentina and Brazil backing America. I'm not sure if you know much everyone hates the US in South America. And for good reasons: Just look at the history of the Americas in the 70s, 80s and even 90s.

And what do you even mean by World War III?

I wouldn't count on Argentinia. They seem to be quite unease over the Falkland issue and if the opportunity is right still willing to take on former colonial powers.

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