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edhopper

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3. It is still a small group of people

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:23 PM

Nov 2015

causing mayhem and chaos. It will continue to be a risk for the world at large. It is by no means a global conflict compared to the World Wars.

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The Pope is wrong, this is not a "piecemeal WWIII" [View all] edhopper Nov 2015 OP

Isn't he referring to something much broader, L. Coyote Nov 2015 #1

It is still a small group of people edhopper Nov 2015 #3

And there's no danger... daleanime Nov 2015 #5

No edhopper Nov 2015 #25

Any fire grows.... daleanime Nov 2015 #31

That fire has been burning for a long time edhopper Nov 2015 #36

Tell that to the total of 4,491 U.S. service members killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2014, L. Coyote Nov 2015 #48

C'mon edhopper Nov 2015 #49

A 'piecemeal WWIII' is a contradiction in terms. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2015 #79

A great point edhopper Nov 2015 #81

Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #2

dubious and highly questionable veracity. edhopper Nov 2015 #8

Your Opinion Only - Others See The World Differently cantbeserious Nov 2015 #9

you are entitled to your own opions edhopper Nov 2015 #10

Is One Disputing The Existence Of Albert Pike - Is One Disputing He Wrote The Letter cantbeserious Nov 2015 #13

the letter is a hoax edhopper Nov 2015 #28

Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Nov 2015 #30

Uhm yeah, they can't distinguish between fantasy and reality. Not every viewpoint is valid... Humanist_Activist Nov 2015 #11

Is One Disputing The Existence Of Albert Pike - Is One Disputing He Wrote The Letter cantbeserious Nov 2015 #14

is there supposed to be some evidence there that he wrote the letter? fishwax Nov 2015 #33

Skepticism Is Always Advised - Maybe The Truth Is Buried In Freemason Archives - Who Knows cantbeserious Nov 2015 #39

The page you linked to is all about nutty conspiracy theories regarding history and the future... Humanist_Activist Nov 2015 #44

So Say You - Others See The World Differently cantbeserious Nov 2015 #45

That's not a counterargument, you are welcome to have your own opinions, but not your own facts. n/t Humanist_Activist Nov 2015 #47

That's nonsense Scootaloo Nov 2015 #19

Albert Pike Lived - See Wikipedia Link Below cantbeserious Nov 2015 #21

Yeah, but he probably didn't predict the 20th century in perfect detail, down to the rhetoric Scootaloo Nov 2015 #23

Maybe Yes - Maybe No - Truth Can Be Stranger Than Fiction - And Often In Plain Sight cantbeserious Nov 2015 #24

Occam's razor Scootaloo Nov 2015 #26

Occam's Razor - Great For Science - Not So Much The Affairs Of Man cantbeserious Nov 2015 #27

Do you have a primary souce? a copy of this letter, perhaps? Scootaloo Nov 2015 #32

No - One Learned About Albert Pike Only Recently - Found The Prospect Of His Vision Interesting cantbeserious Nov 2015 #34

That is what they want you to think! AngryAmish Nov 2015 #51

Well, Delphinus Nov 2015 #20

One Thought So As Well - Hence The Reason For Sharing cantbeserious Nov 2015 #22

I'd declare you certainly can't be serious, but then, here you are, making ludicrous declarations... Journeyman Nov 2015 #37

Ad Hominem Attacks Are Against DU Rules cantbeserious Nov 2015 #38

Posting CT in General Discussion is, however, worthy of ridicule . . . Journeyman Nov 2015 #41

One Man's Conspiracy - Is - Another Man's Fact cantbeserious Nov 2015 #43

World War One was fought almost exclusively because of the ability of truedelphi Nov 2015 #40

Agreed - If Israel Is Attacked - All Bets Are Off cantbeserious Nov 2015 #42

IS is a mutation of al-Qaeda which was the Gulf state paramilitary. leveymg Nov 2015 #4

I don't disagree edhopper Nov 2015 #7

It's a world war in the sense that it is global in scope and pits leveymg Nov 2015 #15

Snap! okasha Nov 2015 #50

Vietnam was a proxy War between us and Russia edhopper Nov 2015 #52

Well at this point Daesh and Al quida are fighting each other. AngryAmish Nov 2015 #53

There are factions and proxies within the Middle East edhopper Nov 2015 #54

Same. okasha Nov 2015 #57

Though Putin is playing games edhopper Nov 2015 #58

No, it doesn't compare. Yet. okasha Nov 2015 #60

There are a hundred scenerios that could happen. edhopper Nov 2015 #65

Ed, you woildn't agree with the Pope okasha Nov 2015 #67

And it seems edhopper Nov 2015 #69

Soory, Ed, I'm not going to get into okasha Nov 2015 #70

You are probably right edhopper Nov 2015 #71

The ghosts of ho chi minh, general giap and the many valiant KingCharlemagne Nov 2015 #80

It was a true civil war edhopper Nov 2015 #82

Precisely. But, it's the terrorist bankers who must be taken out or this reoccurs leveymg Nov 2015 #74

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose merrily Nov 2015 #6

This is a force that operates all around the world. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #12

So are the International drug cartels edhopper Nov 2015 #18

Looks to me like several powers fighting over access to resources partly controlled by ISIS arcane1 Nov 2015 #16

Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #17

I agree, the pope is wrong, mountain grammy Nov 2015 #29

Francis is usually wrong and often a bit inciting of violence, actually. Of course he's a Pope and Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #35

More like the 30 years war revisited. Most of the same players with moslem expansion into Monk06 Nov 2015 #46

He is trying to get the message across about how important it is, even though pnwmom Nov 2015 #55

No I am not edhopper Nov 2015 #56

He said, "War is madness." n/t pnwmom Nov 2015 #59

Big fucking deal edhopper Nov 2015 #66

He was talking about self-defense. The Catholic Church took a strong position pnwmom Nov 2015 #75

That was then edhopper Nov 2015 #78

No? Then what are all the drones about? n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2015 #61

You think this a World War? edhopper Nov 2015 #63

we're in year 25 lumberjack_jeff Nov 2015 #72

piecemeal sure edhopper Nov 2015 #73

Instead of proclaiming you know better, try to figure out what he is saying. L. Coyote Nov 2015 #62

I think he is being edhopper Nov 2015 #64

IMHO, for once, the Pope says something vaguely true Yorktown Nov 2015 #68

Reading your responses musicblind Nov 2015 #76

When has the World not been so? edhopper Nov 2015 #77