User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/World War III?/@comment-3984166-20121209192916

Pointing a few things out:

-It doesnt seem likely Russia will return to communism, - they seem to be embracing capitalism, and are slowly ( yes I know theres still corruption, and human rights issues ) becoming more capitalist ( Putin's policies don't seem to echo communism, and seem to resemble European style economics/politics )

-I think your a little optimistic with the middle east becoming a liberal, democratic, secular place. Egypt by far is no where near that, Syria will most likely plunge into chaosa when Assad's regimes collapses ( theres no united rebel group, just a bunch of smaller groups fighting ) Libya has a ways to go.

Also you could argue the current war on terror is an unofficial W3, and I'm sure it'll end up with a terrorist group getting a biological weapon, or warhead and using a "dirty bomb".