It was to be a long flight over the Pacific after connecting flights in Sydney. The flight was a high school history trip covering the events of February 8th through December 20th, 2012. The event was World War III. The school teacher was a man that was once in the Russian Air Force during the war and had many stories. This year's trip was special, however, there was a kid in the aircraft with the last name of Wilson and the teacher, Ivan was his name, thought it was time to share with this kid the story of his father and mother. Young Wilson's father is a friend of Ivan. His father was a special person with a special story. It was not how he became the Governor of Fiji in the South Pacific Free Republic (SPFR). It wasn't even that his father had been a Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) in the former United States Air Force (USAF). The US had been one of the world's super powers in that third war to expand across the globe. His father had experienced the largest battles of the war and even larger battles with love. These two stories, or two wars, had their struggles both of which Daniel Wilson, Lt Col, USAF Ret., survived.
The kids in the plane were in there freshman year of high school. High jinks were common and occasionally thought and theory came to their minds when triggered. They were just waking up when Ivan began giving the history of how the war got started. The kids, still tired, listened in on what the past was like.
"Alright, pay attention!", he shouted.
"This story is how the world you live in today was shaped. It was very different sixteen years ago...remember to take notes!""Anyway the world was very different and the SPFR did not exist as a government."
"What was there then?!", a curious one thundered."Before the war there were different alliances and only few sovereign nations. There was the European Union which included all of Europe except for Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland. There was also the Russian Federation which included all Asian nations except for China and the Southeast Asian Alliance. Then, what was the Middle East, was colonized by the US, Israel, and Iran. The US, Canada, and Mexico, although separate nations were under the North American Free Trade Alliance (NAFTA). Africa and South American were still full of nations struggling to stay alive and were nothing but resource collection areas for the larger alliances..."
"That's great, but how did it start?!", one kid inquired.
"Alright alright! Anyway the EU with it's heavily centralized economy eventually took a turn for the worst and terrorists escaping from the Mid-East were making Europe their home. The down graded 'peace seeking' armies of the EU were held up with fighting terrorists threats from day to day. The US economy was thriving and their 'War on Terror' was coming to a close. China, still communist, was having troubles with quality and population as generations died off without replacement. The Russian Federation was a capitalist democratic nation, but with a nationalist movement.""Is that where you're from?", the kids asked all at once.
"Yes, I'm from Voronezh...Where was I? Ah yes the nationalist movement in the Russian Federation was fueled by a need for 'Russian pride'. During this period the military was provided with the best budget, soldiers, and equipment. They vowed to help rid the world of two evils; religious fanaticism and oppressive governments, The EU, Iran, and China were marked under these evils..."
"Why the EU?"
"It was because Russia believed they were not being aggressive enough. The President, Mr. Vladimir Mirov, also wanted the original territory of Russia restored..."
"Ok what about the actuall war though?!", they were all interested in the war, because all the politics was slowly boring them.
