A big war is coming, beyond a doubt. And we will start unprepared, again.
But the necessary ingredient for a WW II-style disaster is missing, because the Germans, what’s left of them, don’t want to play.
I imagine the Chinese will neutralize Japan and take the Pacific East to the second island chain, South to the Torres strait, and North, who knows? What deals are in the works, or even possible, between the Whites in Moscow and the Yellows in Beijing can’t be known at this time.
Australia and NZ will become satellites. I doubt they want Hawaii, but they might take it just to show the world who the big dog is.
I don’t think a diverse America has much fight in it.
Ah, too bad the story is on the Blaze, that site is too annoying to bother clicking on.
That is a very interesting read. There are definitely parallels. Our demise is actually much more predictable because there is not an easily identifiable wild card like Hitler. Instead we have demographic data that although it is constantly changing... still points where we are headed. It is not pretty and shows no likely reversals.
It’s interesting and instructive to read this, but GW Bush found that waging a preemptive, at one time one might even have said prophylactic, war only results in your being called a war criminal.
Democracies do not wish to be strong. When they look weak,though, they invite attack. There is little we can do at this point in our history, beyond looking to personal safety. In a time when Iran has an ICBM and a nuclear weapon that is a tough task.
Good luck to one and all. Indeed, a war is coming. It may come much sooner than we expect.
Despite the catcalls and criticism, Churchill, in a great speech to the House of Commons on 12 November, 1937, reproached the Government for its failure to face up to the Nazi menace."So they go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all powerful to be impotent. So we go on preparing more months and years - precious, perhaps, vital, to the greatness of Britain, for the locusts to eat."
There has never been, nor can there ever be again, a man of such vision or brilliance and the courage to put them before the world without apology.
The Gathering Storm movie, with Albert Finney as Churchill, is one of the best movies I’ve seen, every bit as good as The King’s Speech, and it was a made for HBO movie.
Would the invaders consent to hear Lord Beaverbrook's exposition, or listen to the impassioned appeals of Mr. Lloyd George? Would they agree to meet that famous South African, General Smuts, and have their inferiority complex removed in friendly, reasonable debate? I doubt it. I have borne responsibility for the safety of this country in grievous times. I gravely doubt it.
But even if they did, I am not so sure we should convince them, and persuade them to go back quietly home. They might say, it seems to me, "you are rich; we are poor. You seem well fed; we are hungry. You have been victorious; we have been defeated. You have valuable colonies; we have none. You have your navy; where is ours? You have had the past; let us have the future." Above all, I fear they would say, "you are weak and we are strong."
-Winston Churchill November 16, 1934.