A Hard Rain is Going to Fall

Townhall.com ^ | September 22, 2016 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Kaslin]

This summer, President Obama was often golfing. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were promising to let the world be. The end of summer seemed sleepy, the world relatively calm.

The summer of 1914 in Europe also seemed quiet. But on July 28, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip with help from his accomplices, fellow Serbian separatists. That isolated act sparked World War I.

In the summer of 1939, most observers thought Adolf Hitler was finally through with his serial bullying. Appeasement supposedly had satiated his once enormous territorial appetites. But on Sept. 1, Nazi Germany unexpectedly invaded Poland and touched off World War II, which consumed some 60 million lives.

Wars often seem to come out of nowhere, as unlikely events ignite long-simmering disputes into global conflagrations.

The instigators often are weaker attackers who foolishly assume that more powerful nations wish peace at any cost, and so will not react to opportunistic aggression.

Unfortunately, our late-summer calm of 2016 has masked a lot of festering tensions that are now coming to a head -- largely due to disengagement by a supposedly tired United States.

In contrast, war, unlike individual states, does not sleep.

[CodeToad]

Junk article hoping to associate Trump with Hillary and Obama, calling him weak on foreign policy. Just another ClownHall anti-Trump hit piece.

[TADSLOS]

LMAO.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Hillary supporters riot, but it’s Trump voters who are #deplorable

[FreedomPoster]

Your 100 yrs war has been going on for about 1400 years now.

[FreedomPoster]

Oof. That’s certainly optimistic.

[mad_as_he$$]

I miss Johnny also.

[M Kehoe]

Like your tagline. Johnny was a good man.

5.56mm

[M Kehoe]

Forgot to ping you.

You still owe me a six pack of Heiny.

See you on the other side.

5.56mm

[MomwithHope]

Don’t mince words brother, tell us how you really feel. :) And thanks for all you do.

[Kaslin]

History.com says it was in late June 1914, when Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated. So June 28^th would be correct. Source

World War 1 did start on July 28 exactly four weeks later. Source

[The Great RJ]

I compare the US today with France in 1789... a tinderbox for revolution. The Washington insiders could potentially find a scaffold being erected on the Mall and Madame Dufarge gathering up her knitting

[IWontSubmit]

We are, in fact, in a 100 yrs war against Islam.

Make that 1400:
A 1400 Year Secret

[Myrddin]

Check out this letter to Steve Quayle from a Polish soldier. It certainly smells of preparation for war. Link

[Mr. Douglas]

Who is Steve Quayle?

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Lenin was released from prison in Germany and returned to Moscow with the equivalent of $10 million and told to start his revolution. The Germans did this in the hopes that Lenin would succeed and withdraw Russia from the First World War.

The legacy of this strategic move includes the Cold War, the Korean War and the Viet Nam War.

Nice going Germany. You almost single-handedly destroyed an entire century of civilization.

[Army Air Corps]

For the USA, this is just the latest phase of a war that started with the First Barbary War.

[Paladin2]

Then it seems to run hot and cold. Warmer these daze.

[Myrddin]

Steve Quayle operates a web page with current event news. Lots of it borders on waving red flags about political and economic issues. He doesn't have the traffic level found on Drudge, but does pick up items that Drudge finds out of his comfort zone.

[Bratch]

We have some info about Kazarian Jews that plan to move to Poland from europe before muslims start they full scale atack but first they need to get rid of young polish christians and patriots.