Things are dangerously hot internationally right now
Cooler heads better start working overtime or we might be in trouble
War is hell. War is a racket. War is the health of the state.
For the everyday person war is a disaster. Our sons and daughters fight and die in them. Our taxes go to fund them. Some in positions of privilege get rich or richer during them while many many others are impoverished.
During war civil liberties are eroded and government expands.
During war common sense gives way to anger, hatred, and vengeance for vengeance sake. Women are raped. Children are killed. Civility evaporates in a cloud of gun smoke.
Right now, it feels at least to me that we are perilously close to a broad(er) global conflict. Tensions are rising across the globe and we would be wise to pay serious attention now.
The truth is we have a president at this moment who appears largely incapacitated. Trump keeps getting shot at. Kamala looks totally unprepared for being commander in chief. Interests around the planet have taken note. It is a treacherous time, likely the most treacherous in my lifetime.
Consider what your disposition might be if you were Xi, or Putin, or another leader with significant power watching the chaos in the United States and around the world. Consider that for the first time since the end of the Cold War there is the possibility of real geopolitical change, the kind not seen since the Cold War or even World War II. What if those hostile to the United States perceived a window of opportunity while Americans lost their collective mind?
Now is the time for smart people, the grownups in power across the planet to be smart and to act like grownups. Because for those us who are not in the halls of power, if things break lose on a bigger scale than they are now, we could have problems like most Americans alive today have never conceived.
WSJ: U.S. Shrugs as World War III Approaches
“The threats the United States faces are the most serious and most challenging the nation has encountered since 1945 and include the potential for a near-term major war…”
Satellite Photos Show US Reclaiming World War II Airfield for China War
The Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden is busy preparing for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, report says
Chinese TV Shows How Taiwan Invasion Would Look
Norway detects increased radiation levels at border with Russia
F-35 Fighters are Landing On Highways in Finland (Like as in Near Russia)
Lebanon's Hezbollah Says It Attacked Israeli Military Posts in First Cross-Border Attack Since Pager Blasts
Blinken expresses frustration at attacks he says threaten to "derail" Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks
Good luck getting that train back on the tracks anytime soon.
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