[Zhang Fei]

[How many “wars” are we in right now that we don’t seem to be able to “finish”? I am having trouble keeping track. ]

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There are literally millions of police cases we don’t seem to be able to finish, and more coming up every day. That’s the way the world works. Sisyphus comes to mind. Only the dead have seen end of war. Defending the nation’s interests means eternal vigilance. Fall asleep at the switch, as France did, and your country gets overrun, or worse. In the supersonic, ballistic missile and nuclear age, “or worse” is looming large.

[wastoute]

IMHO those type of threats (nuclear, ICBM, etc.) are threats governments can make. Seems to me we are living in a transition time in which global corporations actually enjoy more control over events than governments. Google and Facebook don’t want global nuclear war, it would be very bad for business. Regional Wars and Civil Wars are an entirely different matter. They weaken governments thereby relatively strengthening global corporations.