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If you are familiar with history, then you know that the event in Sarajevo in 1914 was simply the tinderbox that plunged the world into the First World War. A series of global events, an unprecedented military buildup, and rampant social-Darwinism contributed greatly.
You look around and you see some shockingly similar things (not all of them necessarily bad):
1. Russia trying to reassert dominance over its former Soviet Satellites.
2. China creating a Navy to bully Vietnam, the Philippines, and Japan.
3. Germany slowly bleeding Southern Europe with the Euro.
4. France involved in Military actions in its former African possessions.
5. USA and UK trying to keep the Persian Gulf and Central Asia from becoming more independent.
6. Japan rearming its Navy and Air forces.
7. Iran and North Korea becoming nuclear states and enemies of the West.
8. Israel either attacking or being attacked by surrounding States that could create a global proxy war.
Are we on the brink or has the world been more or less at this level of uncertainty throughout the duration of your lifetime? Maybe I am simply more aware of the status quo now than I have been in the past but do you predict a cataclysm? A new Cold War? I fear that the meek Western Democracies have created an atmosphere that will lead to a series of very unfortunate events. Call me out if you think I am wrong, but I legitimately fear mass annexations by Russia and China, the use of a nuclear device out of anger, and the end of this current global balance we all so enjoy.
You look around and you see some shockingly similar things (not all of them necessarily bad):
1. Russia trying to reassert dominance over its former Soviet Satellites.
2. China creating a Navy to bully Vietnam, the Philippines, and Japan.
3. Germany slowly bleeding Southern Europe with the Euro.
4. France involved in Military actions in its former African possessions.
5. USA and UK trying to keep the Persian Gulf and Central Asia from becoming more independent.
6. Japan rearming its Navy and Air forces.
7. Iran and North Korea becoming nuclear states and enemies of the West.
8. Israel either attacking or being attacked by surrounding States that could create a global proxy war.
Are we on the brink or has the world been more or less at this level of uncertainty throughout the duration of your lifetime? Maybe I am simply more aware of the status quo now than I have been in the past but do you predict a cataclysm? A new Cold War? I fear that the meek Western Democracies have created an atmosphere that will lead to a series of very unfortunate events. Call me out if you think I am wrong, but I legitimately fear mass annexations by Russia and China, the use of a nuclear device out of anger, and the end of this current global balance we all so enjoy.
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