[Patton@Bastogne]

The Third World War ... a great read ...

http://www.amazon.com/Third-World-War-August-1985/dp/0425101924/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1439379447&sr=1-2&keywords=the+third+world+war

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[pieceofthepuzzle]

Was watching a documentary about Churchill recently, and it came to mind just how fragile the world order was in the early days of WWII. We tend to look back on historical events as though they were inevitable. The results of WWII were not inevitable, and England could have easily fallen to the Germans. What would have happened if Germany had developed atomic weapons before us? There are a lot of ‘what ifs’ like this.

Forwarding to today, no one should believe that we can't be at risk as a nation if we keep making the same mistakes as we have been. It's easy to forget those things when you are posting your latest selfie on social media.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

With the great sissifiication of America by 40 plus years of feminism and the democrats war on men and boys Putin sees his opening. There are still some men in the world but fewer and fewer in the west.

I'm horrified my sons wear sock-lets, they seem unmoved by my taunts.

Where are the men?

Drinking lattes and taking adderal.

[ryan71]

Putin is waiting on the American economy to crash. Then, it’s game on.

[ought-six]

It’s as clear as can be.

[SoFloFreeper]

Pfft. Think I care?!

[billakay]

I know I differ on this topic with a lot of FR, but there is no way Putin "takes" Ukraine.

Putin is in no way interested in occupying a country half filled with people hostile to Russia. Population-wide, Ukraine would probably split 60-40 (50-50 at the best) against joining the Russian Federation. There is no way this would be governable, and is vastly different from Crimea, where the people were begging to join Russia, and indeed, coming under Russia's protection likely prevented those people from experiencing the kind of horror that Donetsk and Lughansk suffered at the hands of Kiev and their Pravvy Sektor goons.

I think on the whole, Ukraine would be a headache that Putin doesn't want.

[sopwith]

Does this mean i can dig out my old copy of the late great planet earth ?