World War III?

So, are we witnessing the beginning of WWIII as North Korea continues to threaten the US with the possibility of more missile tests and with a Syrian/Iranian backed Hezbollah attacking Israel and their response. I seem to think so, and apparently i'm not the only one.

This past Sunday Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was Tim Russert's guest on Meet the Depressed, and was very candid in his thoughts concerning the latest world crisis that the UN wants to simply sweep under the carpet. Note that Mr Gingrich correctly suggests that this is not a week long battle that has just begun...this is a problem that goes back to the formation of a Jewish state.

MR. GINGRICH: “…First, this is not the fifth day of the war. This is the 58th year of the effort by those who want to destroy Israel. As Ahmadinejad, the head of Iran, says, he wants to defeat the Americans and eliminate Israel from the face of the earth. So we should not see this event in isolation. There is an Iran/Syria/Hezbollah and Hamas alliance trying to destroy Israel."

“I mean, this is absolutely a question of the survival of Israel, but it’s also a question of what is really a world war. Look what you’ve been covering: …The North Koreans fire seven missiles on our Fourth of July; bombs going off in [Bombay], India; a war in Afghanistan with sanctuaries in Pakistan. As I said a minute ago, the Iran/Syria/Hamas/Hezbollah alliance. A war in Iraq funded largely from Saudi Arabia and supplied largely from Syria and Iran. The British home secretary saying that there are 20 terrorist groups with 1,200 terrorists in Britain. Seven people in Miami videotaped pledging allegiance to al-Qaeda, and 18 people in Canada being picked up with twice the explosives that were used in Oklahoma City, with an explicit threat to bomb the Canadian parliament, and saying they’d like to behead the Canadian prime minister. And finally, in New York City, reports that in three different countries people were plotting to destroy the tunnels of New York."

“…we are in the early stages of what I would describe as the third world war, and frankly, our bureaucracies aren’t responding fast enough, we don’t have the right attitude about this, and this is the 58th year of the war to destroy Israel."

In response to this, Tim Russert asked, "This is World War III?", and the former Speaker stated this: “I believe if you take all the countries I just listed, that you’ve been covering, put them on a map, look at all the different connectivity, you’d have to say to yourself this is, in fact, World War III."

We have nutjobs in Iran and North Korea, and a lack of policing of these morons by the likes of France, China and Russia...the alleged "Super Power" wannabes. If this doesn't resemble the start of WWII, i don't know what does!
But, unlike previous wars, this war is based on religion...more specifically the goal of Islamofascists to create a world religion; that of course being Islam. And as we have seen in recent years, and over and over again, they are willing to give the ultimate sacrifice in the name of Allah.
Peace is not an option for these people...only world domination.

So, does anyone else think this is World War III?