The nuclear disarmament one was the only sensible one of the bunch.

"The United States Takes the Military Option "off the Table" with Iran "

Iran would be disappointed in that. The whole point of their nuclear program was to provoke the US in the first place. Iran's nuclear development has nothing to do with a response to outside threats and everything to do with trying to create one.

"Hamas Revises Its Charter "

Maybe for shits and giggles they can decide not to fire Katushya rockets indiscriminately at Israel as well, reconcile with Fatah and maybe decide it should take the responsibility of ruling the people it controls in Gaza. Who cares what its charter says if their actions are the same?

"Israel Accepts the Arab League Peace Plan"

You mean the one with the built in provisions guaranteed to not be accepted such as reverting to 1967 borders (an idea which won't work for either party), right of return (Arafat's old ploy to demographically destroy Israel). The plans not endorsed by EITHER PARTY to the conflict. The typical Arab League Peace Plans are done strictly for media attention. To give the impression that they want a peaceful resolution without the messy parts of having real negotiated provisions or writing it in a way to be acceptable to both parties.

"China Proposes Multilateral Negotiation and Arbitration over the South China Sea"

When has China ever bothered to submit to any form of international law when it could be potentially adverse to its interests? Rule of Law is not something generally spoken of when discussing how China's government acts.

I think spood is right on about only the nuclear reduction idea being the only one that makes sense from a strategic sense. What the difference between the other ideas and the Hitler Nixon Sadat examples is is that in those instances the actor in question just prioritized and realized what their first order interest was and how getting flexible on a secondary issue could help them in the long run.

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Probably the biggest game changer in current geopolitics would be Kim Jong-Il snuffing it and the new leadership of North Korea (whoever that is, maybe Kim Jong-Un, maybe not) moving away from the isolationism towards either detente with South Korea or maybe a continuation of authoritarian rule but with more open markets a la China.

The Hamas charter idea is a good one, but perhaps an even better move would be for Israel to drop it's facile and risible insistence that it be recognised as a "Jewish state". This term is both meaningless (is Italy a "Catholic state, is Thailand a "Buddhist state" and how does a majority religion change the essential character of a state in this realist world we live in - apologies to anyone who takes the constructionist view of IR - where all states are equivalent?) and harmful to a wider peace as pointless preconditions take up valuable negotiating time that could otherwise be better spent. A real commitment to peace from Tel Aviv (whether with Fatah or Hamas) would really change the landscape of world affairs.

This image shows the average temperature profile through the Earth’s atmosphere. Temperatures in the thermosphere are very sensitive to solar activity and can vary from 500°C to 1500°C. Source: Windows to the Universe, (http://www.windows.ucar.edu), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-04 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

Rain, for one, is ‘returned’ to Earth by the clouds in the atmosphere. Explaining the hydrologic cycle, Encyclopedia Britannica writes:

“Water evaporates from both the aquatic and terrestrial environments as it is heated by the Sun’s energy. The rates of evaporation and precipitation depend on solar energy, as do the patterns of circulation of moisture in the air and currents in the ocean. Evaporation exceeds precipitation over the oceans, and this water vapor is transported by the wind over land, where it returns to the land through precipitation.”[2]

Not only does the atmosphere return what was on the surface back to the surface, but it reflects back into space that which might damage the flora and fauna the earth sustains, such as excessive radiant heat. In the 1990’s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space environment over an extended period of time. They have an excellent explanation of how the atmosphere returns solar heat to space.[3]

Besides ‘returning’ rain, heat and radio waves, the atmosphere protects us like a ceiling above our heads by filtering out deadly cosmic rays, powerful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, and even meteorites on collision course with Earth.[4]

Pennsylvania State Public Broadcasting tells us:

“The sunlight that we can see represents one group of wavelengths, visible light. Other wavelengths emitted by the sun include x-rays and ultraviolet radiation. X-rays and some ultraviolet light waves are absorbed high in Earth’s atmosphere. They heat the thin layer of gas there to very high temperatures. Ultraviolet light waves are the rays that can cause sunburn. Most ultraviolet light waves are absorbed by a thicker layer of gas closer to Earth called the ozone layer. By soaking up the deadly ultraviolet and x-rays, the atmosphere acts as a protective shield around the planet. Like a giant thermal blanket, the atmosphere also keeps temperatures from getting too hot or too cold. In addition, the atmosphere also protects us from constant bombardment by meteoroids, bits of rock and dust that travel at high speeds throughout the solar system. The falling stars we see at night are not stars at all; they are actually meteoroids burning up in our atmosphere due to the extreme heating they undergo.
This image shows the average temperature profile through the Earth’s atmosphere. Temperatures in the thermosphere are very sensitive to solar activity and can vary from 500°C to 1500°C. Source: Windows to the Universe, (http://www.windows.ucar.edu), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-04 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

Rain, for one, is ‘returned’ to Earth by the clouds in the atmosphere. Explaining the hydrologic cycle, Encyclopedia Britannica writes:

“Water evaporates from both the aquatic and terrestrial environments as it is heated by the Sun’s energy. The rates of evaporation and precipitation depend on solar energy, as do the patterns of circulation of moisture in the air and currents in the ocean. Evaporation exceeds precipitation over the oceans, and this water vapor is transported by the wind over land, where it returns to the land through precipitation.”[2]

Not only does the atmosphere return what was on the surface back to the surface, but it reflects back into space that which might damage the flora and fauna the earth sustains, such as excessive radiant heat. In the 1990’s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space environment over an extended period of time. They have an excellent explanation of how the atmosphere returns solar heat to space.[3]

Besides ‘returning’ rain, heat and radio waves, the atmosphere protects us like a ceiling above our heads by filtering out deadly cosmic rays, powerful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, and even meteorites on collision course with Earth.[4]

Pennsylvania State Public Broadcasting tells us:

“The sunlight that we can see represents one group of wavelengths, visible light. Other wavelengths emitted by the sun include x-rays and ultraviolet radiation. X-rays and some ultraviolet light waves are absorbed high in Earth’s atmosphere. They heat the thin layer of gas there to very high temperatures. Ultraviolet light waves are the rays that can cause sunburn. Most ultraviolet light waves are absorbed by a thicker layer of gas closer to Earth called the ozone layer. By soaking up the deadly ultraviolet and x-rays, the atmosphere acts as a protective shield around the planet. Like a giant thermal blanket, the atmosphere also keeps temperatures from getting too hot or too cold. In addition, the atmosphere also protects us from constant bombardment by meteoroids, bits of rock and dust that travel at high speeds throughout the solar system. The falling stars we see at night are not stars at all; they are actually meteoroids burning up in our atmosphere due to the extreme heating they undergo.
This image shows the average temperature profile through the Earth’s atmosphere. Temperatures in the thermosphere are very sensitive to solar activity and can vary from 500°C to 1500°C. Source: Windows to the Universe, (http://www.windows.ucar.edu), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-04 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

Rain, for one, is ‘returned’ to Earth by the clouds in the atmosphere. Explaining the hydrologic cycle, Encyclopedia Britannica writes:

“Water evaporates from both the aquatic and terrestrial environments as it is heated by the Sun’s energy. The rates of evaporation and precipitation depend on solar energy, as do the patterns of circulation of moisture in the air and currents in the ocean. Evaporation exceeds precipitation over the oceans, and this water vapor is transported by the wind over land, where it returns to the land through precipitation.”[2]

Not only does the atmosphere return what was on the surface back to the surface, but it reflects back into space that which might damage the flora and fauna the earth sustains, such as excessive radiant heat. In the 1990’s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space environment over an extended period of time. They have an excellent explanation of how the atmosphere returns solar heat to space.[3]

Besides ‘returning’ rain, heat and radio waves, the atmosphere protects us like a ceiling above our heads by filtering out deadly cosmic rays, powerful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, and even meteorites on collision course with Earth.[4]

Pennsylvania State Public Broadcasting tells us:

“The sunlight that we can see represents one group of wavelengths, visible light. Other wavelengths emitted by the sun include x-rays and ultraviolet radiation. X-rays and some ultraviolet light waves are absorbed high in Earth’s atmosphere. They heat the thin layer of gas there to very high temperatures. Ultraviolet light waves are the rays that can cause sunburn. Most ultraviolet light waves are absorbed by a thicker layer of gas closer to Earth called the ozone layer. By soaking up the deadly ultraviolet and x-rays, the atmosphere acts as a protective shield around the planet. Like a giant thermal blanket, the atmosphere also keeps temperatures from getting too hot or too cold. In addition, the atmosphere also protects us from constant bombardment by meteoroids, bits of rock and dust that travel at high speeds throughout the solar system. The falling stars we see at night are not stars at all; they are actually meteoroids burning up in our atmosphere due to the extreme heating they undergo.
This image shows the average temperature profile through the Earth’s atmosphere. Temperatures in the thermosphere are very sensitive to solar activity and can vary from 500°C to 1500°C. Source: Windows to the Universe, (http://www.windows.ucar.edu), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-04 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

Rain, for one, is ‘returned’ to Earth by the clouds in the atmosphere. Explaining the hydrologic cycle, Encyclopedia Britannica writes:

“Water evaporates from both the aquatic and terrestrial environments as it is heated by the Sun’s energy. The rates of evaporation and precipitation depend on solar energy, as do the patterns of circulation of moisture in the air and currents in the ocean. Evaporation exceeds precipitation over the oceans, and this water vapor is transported by the wind over land, where it returns to the land through precipitation.”[2]

Not only does the atmosphere return what was on the surface back to the surface, but it reflects back into space that which might damage the flora and fauna the earth sustains, such as excessive radiant heat. In the 1990’s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space environment over an extended period of time. They have an excellent explanation of how the atmosphere returns solar heat to space.[3]

Besides ‘returning’ rain, heat and radio waves, the atmosphere protects us like a ceiling above our heads by filtering out deadly cosmic rays, powerful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, and even meteorites on collision course with Earth.[4]

Pennsylvania State Public Broadcasting tells us:

“The sunlight that we can see represents one group of wavelengths, visible light. Other wavelengths emitted by the sun include x-rays and ultraviolet radiation. X-rays and some ultraviolet light waves are absorbed high in Earth’s atmosphere. They heat the thin layer of gas there to very high temperatures. Ultraviolet light waves are the rays that can cause sunburn. Most ultraviolet light waves are absorbed by a thicker layer of gas closer to Earth called the ozone layer. By soaking up the deadly ultraviolet and x-rays, the atmosphere acts as a protective shield around the planet. Like a giant thermal blanket, the atmosphere also keeps temperatures from getting too hot or too cold. In addition, the atmosphere also protects us from constant bombardment by meteoroids, bits of rock and dust that travel at high speeds throughout the solar system. The falling stars we see at night are not stars at all; they are actually meteoroids burning up in our atmosphere due to the extreme heating they undergo.

This image shows the average temperature profile through the Earth’s atmosphere. Temperatures in the thermosphere are very sensitive to solar activity and can vary from 500°C to 1500°C. Source: Windows to the Universe, (http://www.windows.ucar.edu), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-04 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

Rain, for one, is ‘returned’ to Earth by the clouds in the atmosphere. Explaining the hydrologic cycle, Encyclopedia Britannica writes:

“Water evaporates from both the aquatic and terrestrial environments as it is heated by the Sun’s energy. The rates of evaporation and precipitation depend on solar energy, as do the patterns of circulation of moisture in the air and currents in the ocean. Evaporation exceeds precipitation over the oceans, and this water vapor is transported by the wind over land, where it returns to the land through precipitation.”[2]

Not only does the atmosphere return what was on the surface back to the surface, but it reflects back into space that which might damage the flora and fauna the earth sustains, such as excessive radiant heat. In the 1990’s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space environment over an extended period of time. They have an excellent explanation of how the atmosphere returns solar heat to space.[3]

Besides ‘returning’ rain, heat and radio waves, the atmosphere protects us like a ceiling above our heads by filtering out deadly cosmic rays, powerful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, and even meteorites on collision course with Earth.[4]

Pennsylvania State Public Broadcasting tells us:

“The sunlight that we can see represents one group of wavelengths, visible light. Other wavelengths emitted by the sun include x-rays and ultraviolet radiation. X-rays and some ultraviolet light waves are absorbed high in Earth’s atmosphere. They heat the thin layer of gas there to very high temperatures. Ultraviolet light waves are the rays that can cause sunburn. Most ultraviolet light waves are absorbed by a thicker layer of gas closer to Earth called the ozone layer. By soaking up the deadly ultraviolet and x-rays, the atmosphere acts as a protective shield around the planet. Like a giant thermal blanket, the atmosphere also keeps temperatures from getting too hot or too cold. In addition, the atmosphere also protects us from constant bombardment by meteoroids, bits of rock and dust that travel at high speeds throughout the solar system. The falling stars we see at night are not stars at all; they are actually meteoroids burning up in our atmosphere due to the extreme heating they undergo.

This image shows the average temperature profile through the Earth’s atmosphere. Temperatures in the thermosphere are very sensitive to solar activity and can vary from 500°C to 1500°C. Source: Windows to the Universe, (http://www.windows.ucar.edu), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-04 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

Rain, for one, is ‘returned’ to Earth by the clouds in the atmosphere. Explaining the hydrologic cycle, Encyclopedia Britannica writes:

“Water evaporates from both the aquatic and terrestrial environments as it is heated by the Sun’s energy. The rates of evaporation and precipitation depend on solar energy, as do the patterns of circulation of moisture in the air and currents in the ocean. Evaporation exceeds precipitation over the oceans, and this water vapor is transported by the wind over land, where it returns to the land through precipitation.”[2]

Not only does the atmosphere return what was on the surface back to the surface, but it reflects back into space that which might damage the flora and fauna the earth sustains, such as excessive radiant heat. In the 1990’s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space environment over an extended period of time. They have an excellent explanation of how the atmosphere returns solar heat to space.[3]

Besides ‘returning’ rain, heat and radio waves, the atmosphere protects us like a ceiling above our heads by filtering out deadly cosmic rays, powerful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, and even meteorites on collision course with Earth.[4]

Pennsylvania State Public Broadcasting tells us:

“The sunlight that we can see represents one group of wavelengths, visible light. Other wavelengths emitted by the sun include x-rays and ultraviolet radiation. X-rays and some ultraviolet light waves are absorbed high in Earth’s atmosphere. They heat the thin layer of gas there to very high temperatures. Ultraviolet light waves are the rays that can cause sunburn. Most ultraviolet light waves are absorbed by a thicker layer of gas closer to Earth called the ozone layer. travel agent By soaking up the deadly ultraviolet and x-rays, the atmosphere acts as a protective shield around the planet. Like a giant thermal blanket, the atmosphere also keeps temperatures from getting too hot or too cold. In addition, the atmosphere also protects us from constant bombardment by meteoroids, bits of rock and dust that travel at high speeds throughout the solar system. The falling stars we see at night are not stars at all; they are actually meteoroids burning up in our atmosphere due to the extreme heating they undergo.

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The former president's arrival in China was a surprise mainly because before them, he has been one of the lead singers in the conservative chorus that the (Truman) State Department had "lost" China -- an evident impossibility -- and all Communists were so evil that nobody could deal with them in any way at all. This campaign made it impossible for the US to have sensible relations with the world's most populous state because anybody who suggested that would be a sensible idea was hounded as a secret commie. All this was the US being twisted round in support of a dispossessed Chinese warlord, Chiang Kai-Shek.

Hitler's pact with the Soviet Union did not unify both nations, although Mr Walt suggests otherwise. It gave them a meal break, to pursue eating up of warring with other, smaller states.

As to the idea of taking war off the table in dealing with Iran, this seems to have happened in silence already. Putting it on the table, starting with that vile "axis of evil" speech, never seems to have done a single thing for the United States (or to North Korea), but strengthened the hand of religious extremists in Iran able to present those threats as evidence that if there's an axis of evil, it runs right through Washington.

Of Mr Walt's other four points, we see that two are in the hands of people living in the former Palestine, and two require iitiatives from China -- which in daily life has been a great and good friend of the United States. So of the five potential game-changers here, the only one Mr Walt seems to think America can achieve is just shutting up about Iran. Is that what losing sway in the world looks like?

1) legalize and tax recreational marijuana in the US (using revenues for enforcement of existing laws regarding 'harder' drugs), 2) ban the sale of assault weapons in the US.

Together these would constitute a boon for Mexican domestic security and also for American border security.

Interesting article that really got me thinking about game-changing decisions politicians made. Being a European, I think that the dissolution of the former Soviet Bloc and the opening of of Eastern European countries has been one of the biggest game changers. It's lead to a larger and slightly different in character European Union and has changed the business landscape in Europe. Much of Western Europe's IT and in particular software development is now outsourced to Eastern Europe, where IT skills are booming, compared to the decline we are seeing in them in Western Europe. In fact Poland hasn't really seen a recession, while we have all been struggling, many of its companies are experiencing massive growth.It's strange to think that if Gorbachev and Reagan hadn't had the personal chemistry, Europe could well be such a different place.

1. Muslims acknowledge that they are not superior beings entitled to kill, enslave, or use sexually any infidel that happens to come under their control.

2. IR "Realists" start acknowledging reality rather than seeing the world through an ideological prism. No country actually behaves the way "realists" insist they do, so why not drop the pretense and start dealing wiith what governments actually do?

3. People on the Left acknowledge that Obama is not a great thinker, but really closer to Chance, the President, as in the movie "Being There."

4. Revenues from writing books that make money by pandering to the beliefs of racist societies, like much of Walt's work, go to covering the additional costs they impose on the societies that are under attack. With a little luck, this will help dry up the flow of nonsense passing as wisdom.

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"All options are on the table." is of course a lie.
The option of ceasing the endless threats and aggression was never considered.

Someone suggested on Slate's Fray, once, that China could allow the KMT to return to the mainland and compete for power with the Communists in elections. In return, the Communists would be allowed to compete in Taiwan's elections. It would, over time, constitute a loss of their monopoly, but it would be a powerful boost to the Taiwan party that believes in reunion with the mainland. Potentially the fastest road to reunion that doesn't involve a war.

The "Israel Accepts the Arab League Peace Plan" section just shows how delusional Walt is.

When the plan was floated, Mubarak was running Egypt, Qaddafi was running Libya, Tunisia by Ben Ali, etc... etc...

Not to mention Syria and Assad (who will likely be ousted within weeks).

How much would a document signed by Mubarak, Qaddafi, Assad, etc.. be worth to Israel today?

Not much, I suspect.

Walt blames the unwillingness of the US and Israel to enter into agreements with unstable dictators on "unimaginative" foreign policy.

Yes, quite true.

Perhaps Walt do well to promote a less less "imaginative" foreign policy then the one he is currently peddling.

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- "making nice with Iran" seems a reasonable game-changer, and I suspect the momentum will gather pace as the 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan gets closer. Pakistan is the key question whether such a game-changer actually serves US geopolitical interests better than her competitors, and I suspect there is no easy answer, unless David Petraeus could engineer one from CIA. Judging from the strategic aftermath of Mohmand incident, "making nice with Iran" seems a lesser evil than the alternatives. Eurasia flashpoint, from US vantage point, seems better Pakistan than Iran.
Such a move would not compromise the security of the Israelis, instead, it would weaken Iran's strategic motivation to contain Israel. An Iranian nuclear bomb is practically fait accompli, but that doesn't mean it could or would use it against anyone in the event. On the other hand, staying on the side of those aristocratic middle eastern states is not a sustainable position anyway.
Encirclement of Pakistan would of course make China rethink its position, but one has to realize China already has a huge stake in central asia, and it's not that far away from Iran's border by land. Of course unlocking Iranian energy would be the game-changer for world market landscape, and particularly disruptive to Russia's geopolitic design.
Multilateral compromise by China in the issue of South China Sea is a dumb idea. China would never agree to it. The South China Sea may be a flashpoint, but it's a flashpoint too far from the US, and too close to China. There is no reason to believe China's hypergrowth would slow down substantially any time soon --- 7% per annum over the coming decade coupled with on-again off-again Renminbi appreciation vs Dollar would probably make China" GDP much larger than that of the US by 2020 in nominal term. Therefore it's reasonable to assume that China, like the US, needs enemies to focus its military modernization. Liberation by force of Taiwan would cease to be a rallying cry for China's sake as early as right after the next Taiwanese presidential election in 2012. Sovereignty of the South China Sea and the protection of China's maritime line of communication seem the logical next choice.
The US could never take the initiative in this one no matter how hard she tries. In the short term Obama and Clinton seemed to have gained the upper hand, the situation would soon change since there is simply no way they could hold back China's economic juggernaught --- because that means China will have the means to rapidly and proportionally push the envelope of its frontier of defense. In 10 years' time frame one must think beyond the DF21Ds and J-20s.
One has to remember that time is not on our side in this one.

Erdogan and the Turkish government recognize the Armenian Genocide. Now that would be a game-changer!

The US (or another permanent member of the UNSC) offering to drop the Veto provision from all so-called permanent members.

At the time of its inception, veto power was given to the five states which, at the time, had nuclear weapons. Today, more countries have nuclear weapons so that exception is an anachronism.

[Which seeds a separate discussion on what influence the disproportionate influence of nuclear countries encouraged other nations to seek "the bomb"]

'In any case, the greater danger today is not some sort of great power nuclear war, but rather that a terrorist group will one day get a hold of a nuclear bomb or sufficient weapons-grade material to make a crude bomb of their own.'

Important economists got together in a room shortly after World War II and decided how the world worked. And that is what they have been teaching ever since. The only problem is that their view is wrong. We know it is wrong because of the economic mess we are in today. Economists don't really understand why it happened, and how to get out.

Apparently, you were in the room with geopolitical experts who decided how the world works. Except it ain't so.

You decided that since we haven't had a major world war since World War II, then there is little risk of it happening. Except it ain't so.

Wars and attacks within wars precisely (And I mean stunningly precise) follow the power distribution. A Log graph (size vs frequency) of wars and attacks within wars follows a precise straight line.

Who cares?

The implication of this is that suppressing smaller wars only means bigger ones will come instead. Mathematically, you should really be worried about a big nuclear war coming.

The longer you go without a crash means that when one comes it will be bigger. It was no accident that World War II followed the Great Depression.

One final point. The signs of a major war are present today. You just have to pay attention.

Article 1 of the Charter. The religious arguments leaves no room for a Jewish state in the Middle East. The final goal of Hamas is that the flag of Allah will fly over every inch of Palestine". Furthermore: "There is no other solution to the Palestinian problem than seslichat Jihad (Holy war). The initiatives, proposals and international conferences is nothing but a waste of time, a lunatic undertaking.

These are all 5 things that will most likely not happen, so lets not get too caught up in that right now, lets focus on what is at hand and how we can right this ship that seems to be sinking quickly. get rid of gingivitis, is what we should be focusing on instead of reading about what might be or what will never happen. Lets focus up now FP and move forward into the future, http://www.fsbizcollect.com/florida-collection-agency.php>florida collection agency

Everybody is for World Peace and negotiations as long as it is the other side that caves in during negations.

The World would be at peace today if Hitler had won his war but would the price paid to achieve that world peace be worth the cost to the people of the world?

Dictators, whether the religious dictators in countries like Iran, or the secular dictators of countries such as China and North Korea, will never give up any of their powers to achieve world peace. So if you wish peace with them you must be willing to surrender your beliefs, your freedom and your country to them to achieve this world peace.

Dictators want total control of the people and property withing their reign. They wish to extend their reign to the point where they have total control over the people and the property of the word. Until you are willing to cede that total control to them peace is not possible with them.

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