Will the US strike against Syria cause a world war?

[Lauda]

When does the congress vote on this?

Two days before 9/11.

and this made me confused..

September 9th, 2013.

That is clear now.
Well there is still time before those strikes.

[Hamguy]

A world war? I don't think that Syria or Iran can strike and attack Europe or America. It is not a world war because it is a war between countries from all over the world. It is a world war because the war happens everywhere in the world, which is not gonna happen.

If america attacks syria, Russia will attack america because that attack would be Illegal, if america is going to do shit on its own while the other countries must follow the world law than they will surely attack america and back syria. all of the american allies. if america even has allies anymore will back america while all of russia's allies will back russia, maybe china will back russia or the other. North Korea will surely get involved and take this chance to attack south korea, Japan will try to back south korea because they both hate the north koreans and chinese. and the arab countries will wipe israel off the map. and the Israelis being the sociopaths zionist they are will likely launch the samson option.

[Kluge]

When does the congress vote on this?

September 9th, 2013.

That is clear now.
Well there is still time before those strikes.

The administration has stated and restated it doesn't need Congressional authority to strike. Idunno if they'd still do it if Congress voted the plans down.

[pgbit]

Lots of things to consider here. The Russians have a naval base in Syria and have sent more than a dozen warships to the region back in May. Of note, the Russian base in Syria caters for nuclear-armed warships. Any attack on Syria could make relations between global powers particularly frosty, and repeats of any 'stand-offs' would not be welcomed. But the Russians have stated that they won't be drawn into a war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_naval_facility_in_Tartus
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/russia-sends-warships-missiles-syria/
More of a concern perhaps, Iranian military are reportedly saying that any attack on Syria will certainly 'spill over' outside Syrian borders. And their supreme leader is quoted as saying: "Starting this fire will be like a spark in a large store of gunpowder, with unclear and unspecified outcomes and consequences,". If there is regime change in Syria, Iran would lose one of its few regional allies. It is not inconceivable that Iran might use regional aggression as an excuse to attack Israel.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-attack-on-syria-will-set-us-israel-ablaze/
Any Iranian involvement could trigger a major oil supply problem, particularly if ongoing attacks on Iraqi oil pipelines are successful in disrupting supplies. This could be economically crippling for many countries struggling to recover from recessions, especially in Europe. The EU bailout fund (potentially 500bn Euros) probably can't bail out more than just Spain. Spain might need 350bn, others a lot more. And then there's Greece, facing an accelerated exit from the EU? Governments in trouble just love to talk about war, it gets them re-elected it seems. As the assassination of just 2 people, Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, played a major part in the onset of a previous world war, and the same additional ingredients exist today: "militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism", it is quite impossible to predict any chain reaction of events that might occur with a 'teach-them-a-lesson' military strike on Syria. It just could be about to get a lot worse.

[Kluge]

More of a concern perhaps, Iranian military are reportedly saying that any attack on Syria will certainly 'spill over' outside Syrian borders. And their supreme leader is quoted as saying: "Starting this fire will be like a spark in a large store of gunpowder, with unclear and unspecified outcomes and consequences,". If there is regime change in Syria, Iran would lose one of its few regional allies. It is not inconceivable that Iran might use regional aggression as an excuse to attack Israel.

I've read some arguing he was referring to the Sunni/Shiite schism, and sectarian violence. Some news sources have portrayed the Syrian civil way as a Sunni uprising against a minority oppressor(al-Assad is a Shiite). Worth noting, Iran and Iraq contain ~50% of all Shiites in the world. If a military strike is perceived (or used in propaganda) as the US protecting a Sunni puppethood, it could cause all sorts of renewed conflicts. I wouldn't know.

[xkeyscore89]

It's pretty far fetched, but you never know.
_{food for thought}

No, not a world war, it may cause an attack on Israel, however.

[MoneyGod]

No world war

[Peter Lambert]

It could cascade into a world war.

The US says "Hey, chemical weapons are bad!", so they lob some missiles at Syria. Russia says "Hey, US, mind your own business!" and starts lobbing missiles at US targets. China says "Hey, US, mind your own business, and by the way the South China sea belongs to us", and they start lobbing missiles at US targets and invade Malaysia. India then says "WTF are you doing, China, that's disrupting our supply routes" and they start lobbing missiles into China. Then Pakistan says "mind your own business, India, and by the way, the northern part of India should be ours anyway", so they invade India. Then some central African nation will join the US side, but their neighbor will take the opposite side and so they will start fighting. So on and so forth, until everybody is fighting.

[jackjack]

It could cascade into a world war.

The US says "Hey, chemical weapons are bad!", so they lob some missiles at Syria. Russia says "Hey, US, mind your own business!" and starts lobbing missiles at US targets. China says "Hey, US, mind your own business, and by the way the South China sea belongs to us", and they start lobbing missiles at US targets and invade Malaysia. India then says "WTF are you doing, China, that's disrupting our supply routes" and they start lobbing missiles into China. Then Pakistan says "mind your own business, India, and by the way, the northern part of India should be ours anyway", so they invade India. Then some central African nation will join the US side, but their neighbor will take the opposite side and so they will start fighting. So on and so forth, until everybody is fighting.

I love that way of describing things

[Peter Lambert]

It could cascade into a world war.

The US says "Hey, chemical weapons are bad!", so they lob some missiles at Syria. Russia says "Hey, US, mind your own business!" and starts lobbing missiles at US targets. China says "Hey, US, mind your own business, and by the way the South China sea belongs to us", and they start lobbing missiles at US targets and invade Malaysia. India then says "WTF are you doing, China, that's disrupting our supply routes" and they start lobbing missiles into China. Then Pakistan says "mind your own business, India, and by the way, the northern part of India should be ours anyway", so they invade India. Then some central African nation will join the US side, but their neighbor will take the opposite side and so they will start fighting. So on and so forth, until everybody is fighting.

I love that way of describing things

Oh, and I forgot about Israel, they will of course start fighting with all their neighbors. And some parts of Russia will take the opportunity to rebel again. And Mexican Cartels declare independence and start a war along the US-Mexico border?

Is there any tension in South America that could add to the cascade to total world war?

[Notanon]

Hopefully Saudi Arabia gets flattened in the process and the supply of funding for Sunni extremism gets cut off in the process.