Originally Posted by
ORAC
You have the luxury, at a distance, of just being concerned.
I sit here, being of the boomer generation born after the end of WWII and hoping to be the first in centuries not to face being involved in an existential war, facing the imminent risk of another - triggered by chance or happenstance - and with politicians who seem blind or paralysed to the threat and making no effort to prepare against the possibility.
Interesting idea ..
However growing up in the Cold War I felt that NATO essentially acted as a block against war in Europe
What it did was reposition the wars to the rest of the world in all forms
Korea - Vietnam - Africa in general - Israel the middle east - India Pakistan - South Africa - Afghanistan and terror in general
Revolutions and political change in South America and throughout the world
None of which touched West Europe directly - while 'playing' the defence games
It could yet