Are We on the Brink?
By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in The WorldWith the war in Israel and Lebanon raging and the violence in Iraq unceasing, the crises of our times seem only to be worsening. All the while our media and political leaders wallow in superficiality and insincerity. Times are not great, but are we on the brink? Is our way of life, our world on the cliff’s edge?
I have some thoughts at Maverick Views.
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July 18th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
I recommend you take a look at Thomas Barnett’s blog. He has an interesting post that puts the current crises in perspective. Here’s a snippet:
There is a growing consensus that begins to see this mini-war as having little to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict and mostly to do with the settling out of the U.S.-rogue regime relationships in the region. In other words, this is still all about the Big Bang.
Many have called that strategy “failed,” and yet look how it still plays out. Iran and Syria, both openly named as potential “who’s next?” candidates, are clearly pre-emptively striking out. Some will naturally see this as Iran’s answer to the offer made by the Bush Administration recently–thus the logic of direct action against Iran looms larger.
Me? I just see the logic of the Big Bang giving us what we always wanted: decision points for the region’s dictators. The choice right now is to force some larger security engagement (the settling of issues that Iran has signalled it is interested in pursuing, but not in any venue that discusses ONLY their pursuit of nukes–go figure!) or to take action pre-emptively to rule out American-led invasions….
July 18th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
I have stopped watching television. It makes all the difference.
July 19th, 2006 at 8:28 am
My top 10 signs that civilization is on the verge of the apocalypse.
For the first time in human history:
10) Physicists are close to discovering the universal field theory
9) Biotechnology may yield a cure for aging in our lifetime
8)The entire globe has been mapped by satellite photography
7)All human knowledge is stored on databases than can be accessed instantaniously (wikipedia?)
6)Noah’s Ark project is nearing completion
5)ubiquitous global communication on small hand-held devices
4)technology is available for genetically modified or cloned babies
3)Computer chip implants for identification are on the market
2)civilization-destroying weapons available to evil terrorists
1)and Finally
It is…accomplished.
- Jesus, 33 A.D.
July 20th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
I concur with Dos Peros. Seriously, cancel your cable subscriptions and unplug those suckers. TV BLOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!