George Kennan outlined the containment policy in 1948. This policy governed relations with the old soviet union for the next 40 years.
The Containment Policy toward the soviet union postulated that communism
was a bogus economic system. That all the USA needed to do was keep the
soviet union from expanding —and its economy would eventually collapse of its own weight.
And the soviet union would implode.
This is precisely what happened in 1991 more than 40 years later. The hard thing to recognize here is that
all the wars against the soviet union’s proxies—korea, viet nam etc—
—korea viet nam—were diversions. In much the same way as in the third of the tolken trilogy “The Return of the King”
The Wizard Gandalf and Aragorn decide to draw out the hosts of Mordor with an assault on the Black Gate,
providing a distraction so that the two hobbits (Frodo and Sam) may have a chance of reaching Mount Doom
and destroy the One Ring, unseen by the Eye of Sauron”
Viet Nam and Korea were just a diversion or a play for time —an effort to contain the soviet union —to give the soviet union time
to collapse of its own weight—which is what happened.
I don’t think that there is a political or military solution
to the problems posed by the moslem world. However, there is a business
solution.
That solution is to collapse the cost of energy and water. Its pretty obvious the
reasoning for collapsing the cost of energy. You defund the gulf states who bankroll
much of the mischief in the middle east and around the world. Anyone following
events in the US energy sector knows that this enterprise is at last underway—with
little help from the government— . and it will yield some amazing fruits within
the next decade.
What’s stranger is to claim that collapsing the cost of water—specifically desalinated water—
is key to success. Basically if you cut the cost of water desalination and tranport low enough —
then it becomes possible to scale up desert farming and turn the deserts of the world green and
double the size of the habitable earth.( here’s good review of a couple technologies that promise to cut the cost
of desalination to 1/10th current costs. http://www.independentnews.com/news/article_bbb4926e-f00f-11e2-8319-0019bb2963f4.html there are more contenders.)
Collapsing the cost of desalination and water transport would do for the world’s deserts
in the 21st century what mechanized farming and railroads did for the world’s plains
in the 20th century.
Why would it be important to make it possible say,....—to turn the deserts of north africa green?
imho the europeans are going to kick out their moslem populations eventually. North africa will
provide a place for the moslems to go. Basically, for example France’s algerians will be returned to
algeria.
here’s a good primer on the coming revolutions in energy and water http://www.amazon.com/kindle-store/dp/B0089Z7V6Y
The Containment Policy toward the soviet union postulated that communism was a bogus economic system. That all the USA needed to do was keep the soviet union from expanding —and its economy would eventually collapse of its own weight.
And the soviet union would implode.
The same "palaeocons" who nowadays are pacifists branded Kennan's strategy as "soft on Communism." That's right, the John Birchers and the Liberty Lobbyists back then wanted to fight the Commies. They even defended the military draft! Their conversion to pacifism has been very recent.