Talk:Scenario: World War III (Obama vs. Putin)/@comment-74.116.190.212-20141207173010

This scenario has many improbable elements. 1) Turkey would not form an alliance with Syria's Assad, nor the Hezbolla.  2) The Russian armed forces are very far from equal with those of US. They would loose any sustained direct conflict in Europe, particularly with other NATO forces as allies. Their economy is quite small compared to each of the U.S., Germany, France, and Britain. Even current military forces aren't close to equivalent. 3) In any serious war of Israel against Gaza, they would quickly win if willing to take the initial casualties.  The reason previous wars were not as one-sided is that Israel did not want to occupy Gaza, even temporarily.  4) The supposed entente of Iran-China-India is interesting, but for India to access Afghanistan they would have to go through Pakistan air or land space, so that is improbable. 5) Anyone familiar with U.S. history would realise that in face of serious external threats, the political forces and the population would unite behind the president.  6) There are probably many other anomolies. But it does make an interesting story.