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Automatically? No. It would take awhile to accumulate to a World War, but so did the first two. It was something like 2 yrs (IIRC) before the USA got into WWII.
The reason I say WWIII, is because our current president seems easily pressured into doing things. He'd retaliate regardless of if it was right or not. He'd think he was doing God's work probably. Of course, looking at it from his perspective, if all you care about or your primary goal is to keep this country together then starting a war (one you would likely retaliate with nukes, which would bring in many others) is probably the only way to keep a country together when chaos erupts. Otherwise we just fall apart.
There has to be a reason to have a country. When our more basic needs are met (look at Maslow's hierarchy) we may be more concerned about patriotism and such. But threaten our safety, which is one of our more basic needs-one that a powerful country primarily provides-and you no longer have a need for a country. People will look elsewhere, either a revolution or at least a new regime. So starting a war may be the only way to distract and focus attention. People will turn into a lynch mob on a bigger scale, only feeling better until the perceived threat is destroyed.
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