[Leg Olam]

Sad, so sad. I hope not to see it but I feel in my bones that the current skirmishes with Islam are just the beginnings of an all out war such as the world has never seen before. Billions will die and civilization as we know it will be changed forever.

[mitchbert]

Sad, so sad. I hope not to see it but I feel in my bones that the current skirmishes with Islam are just the beginnings of an all out war such as the world has never seen before. Billions will die and civilization as we know it will be changed forever.

When Britain and France decided to put centuries of conflict behind them at the end of the 18th century many believed it would bring on an era of endless peace. Within 2 decades Europe was caught up in the maelstrom of WW1.

When the USSR collapsed many of the same emotions came out...the "peace dividend" and what have you. I became very afraid, and remain so to this day, that history was going to repeat itself. I've felt since that time that the world was on course to another catastrophe; I didn't see the rise of militant Islam as being that source but I'm increasingly of the belief that it may well be.

The next 5 to 7 years will be very dangerous I'm afraid. I truly hope I'm wrong, but the whole Chinese monkey wrench potential after the Olympics might just be enough to light the cauldron.

[DuncanWaring]

...I feel in my bones that the current skirmishes with Islam are just the beginnings of an all out war such as the world has never seen before. Billions will die and civilization as we know it will be changed forever.

Something like that described by The Time Traveler?

[Nuc1]

Yep. And the longer we wait to really get started straighting the situation out the worse it will be in the end. If we wait long enough there will be no civilization left at the end.