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Cam, CD:
I read an article a few weeks back on what the author called the "self-devouring" cycle that takes place when something like Pearl Harbor or 9-11 takes place. No matter your political affilliation, it made a lot of sense -- at least to me. This guy suggested that big events like Pearl Harbor develop into ginormous events like WWII because certain political reactions kick in and create a domino effect that ends in the detonation of two atomic weapons, and the destruction of an entire continent. The author suggested that we are at the BEGINNING of such a cycle right now. Whether you love or hate George Bush, you have to have admit that he didn't intend to overshoot in Iraq. I don't mean to go on and on... anyway, long story short, he suggested that Bush's invasion of Iraq was at attempt, in geo-political terms, to stop WWII in 1942 with one dramatic/strategic military gesture. Wouldn't have worked in 1942, and, whether or not we had invaded Iraq, things were not/are not going work themselves out in the M.E. for a long time to come.
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