Great Powers struggle with each other.
After Napoleon was defeated in 1815, Europe had a long stretch of near peace, broken by fairly inconsequential wars (Crimean, Franco-Prussia, etc.). That lasted until 1914 when it all went to hell.
After Hitler was defeated in 1945, Europe has had a long stretch of near peace, broken by fairly inconsequential conflict (Hungary, Yugoslavia, etc.). I’d say the fall of the Soviet Union has never really resolved itself and now 30 years after the fact, steps are being taken to see if the old Russian Empire can be re-established.
This sort of thing is inevitable. Only the dead have seen the end of war.
For me, the two great evils are nuclear conflict, and one world government. Both should be avoided. One offers death, the other, slavery.
Hear, hear.
Your wisdom will be wasted on most here
Nice platitude. But what's your Clearcase solution to avoid them? Appeasement? Proxy war? Quick and decisive war?
War and control of the populace have been the process thru
time of the human element. Don’t look for it to change that
much imo. Someone is always trying to control. Look at the
civilizations thru history. There were controllers and followers.
The Soviets did not lose militarily. They just have up because their system was failing. But yes, Russia wants to reunite the squad. I think the Russians will make a play for Dnieper River then they will be open to negotiations. Rump state of Ukraine remains in the west. Russia will annex eastern Ukraine. Moldova is probably next. In fact, there's already a Russian speaking break away region in the country.
Consequential enough to a quarter million civilians who died in the Franco-Prussian War, not to mention combatants. It also saw the rise of the German Empire and the glorification of Bismarck. Crimean War consequences, aside from half a million casualties, included the irreversible decline of both the Ottoman Empire and Czarist Russia.
Great assessment as always from you.
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That is profound!!!
“Great Powers struggle with each other.”
Sorry, don’t agree.
If you re-phrase and use “Greedy Bastards” instead of Great Powers, then we would be closer.
For 1,000 years, “Europe”, however defined, has been a bunch of spoiled children fighting over the inheritance. Russia has been the neglected cousin.
Throw in some advances in technology over the years and the pot continues to simmer, until it boils over.
Watch how Big Tech and The Banksters Cancel them all.
Then come for us.
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Yup...