Originally Posted by
Kathianne
The Cold War is dead, long live the neo version.
In the long run, your assessment of Turkish power is correct, which will not stop the issues they currently thrust upon the real politic today.
Powers are shifting and realigning, it’s been happening for over a decade.
Fighting the last war-9/11 won’t do.
The "Cold War" was just another name for a state of perpetual culture war that has existed since forever. I don't know what they call "now", but it probably is inaccurate.
We have been preparing for the last war since the first war we fought. We've gotten out asses kicked at the beginning of each one. Takes us about 2 years to industrialize. I can't even see that happening nor support for a war like WWII. Look at the two ragheads in Congress now. Open sympathizers with radical Islam.
On top of that, you want them to think NOW instead of reacting when they get slammed in the butt. Not asking for much, are you?
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke