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Still waiting for things to really get grim in the Middle East. Seriously. Historian David Kaiser has a post on his blog, pointing out the irreconcilable differences between two generations of Arabs and Israelis. We're talking about the war in Lebanon here, but that war is really a front for Iran, free to play hegemonic power games with the U.S. bogged down in Iraq. So the really dangerous irreconcilable difference is the one that may emerge once the United States' Boomer leadership is fully in charge and calls the Iranians to task. Or think about it this way: recall that World War I was fought with the goal of dismantling empires and, in President Woodrow Wilson's words, making the world "safe for Democracy." His goals were not far removed from those of our current president. As awful as the carnage was in WWI, it was kept primarily on the battle lines. But in the next war (WWII) the enemy was presented with the ultimatum of unconditional surrender, which the American public accepted as a necessary evil, and consequently millions of civilians perished. Posted by Steve at 9:43 PM |
| Lost | 106+ |
| G.I. | 82-106 |
| Silent | 64-82 |
| Boomer | 46-64 |
| Gen-X | 25-46 |
| Millennial | ?-25 |
| Homeland | ? |
| High | 1946-1964 |
| Awakening | 1964-1984 |
| Unraveling | 1984-? |
| Crisis | ?- |
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