Have to wonder

I spent my Sunday morning consuming vast amounts of coffee and watching the news networks. Right now I am either on a severe caffeine high or suffering from too much television, I am not sure. One thing I learned this morning is there is a growing political and military camp that has begun referring to the present conflicts within the Middle East as World War III. When I first heard the term this morning I was taken back for a moment, but the more thought I gave to the wording, the more I tended to agree with them.

My quandary in this is wondering who is it that actually provides the terminology to a conflict that moves it out of an engagement status to one of a world status. In the past, the President would stand before Congress and ask for a declaration of war as was done during the Roosevelt administration with the immortal words, “a day that will live in infamy”.

Since that period of our history we have not had a President take this avenue, instead they are using the war powers given them to engage in limited battle and then going to Congress for further funding and authorization. Of course history has shown the battles they have picked have left a tremendous amount of questions remaining even to this day. If it is the conflict itself that leads to the terminology of a world war then the question is answered, as we can safely say the world is at war.

The war may be limited to terrorist organizations but some of these organizations have assumed control of the country as in Lebanon with the Hezbollah. If that be the case than the forces of the free world are involved in a war with forces of another nation and we can give credence to the term World War III.

Whatever be the case, engagements, battles, World War, it will all be answered if and when the Hezbollah uses the weapons of mass destruction that the world is now assuming they are presently in control of. If the Hezbollah uses either a nuclear or mass chemical device against the state of Israel we will see devastation we have never witnessed when they retaliate in kind and the rest of the world joins in. I told you from the onset, too much caffeine.