whether we're on the brink of a "world war" is a purely acedemic exercise. whatever you want to call it, Israel seems to be very close to engaging Iran, which will involve us by default because anything Israel does is considered to be done with at least the implied consent, if not the actual asistance of, the US. therefore, any retaliation against the US would be considered justified by much of the Arab world (tho not so much their governments, as Malk points out above). a wider war will, at a minimum, involve Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and the US (and by default, any coalition partners that are dumb enough to still have troops in Iraq). might be a good time to buy into Venezualan oil futures...
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Originally Posted by Repo
The good news is the current fight between Israel and Hezbollah could set Hezbollah back twenty years or wipe them out completely. It also could lead to Iran getting involved which would give Israel or the United States a reason to destroy their nuclear facility before they can use it. That is the good news...
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that's some good news. in 50 years of Middle East history, including our experience in Afghanistan and Iraq, there's not much evidence that there are military solutions to these problems (in fact, just the opposite).