Will there be war in Europe? The answer is inevitable. There is always war in Europe, but war is actually going on in Europe today, it's just a very small war. We need to remember that the original combatants in World War II had nothing to do with the later war (whether you go back to Italy and Ethiopia or start i Austria). Europe is the meeting of east and west, democracy and totalitarianism. Who are the dictators? There are several. China is sui generis, there is the religious dictatorships and Putin's state.
Who will win? It shouldn't be assumed to be democracy. The side which is right doesn't win and the definition of right is not clear.
Democracy failed because the politicians were too entrenched and were not accountable for bad economic policies. The west was too powerful and went in debt as is done regularly in the failure of democracies. They failed to capitalize on their successes. The outsourced to their enemies and became dependent on them for resources because it was expedient without regard to the risks. This applies to outsourcing manufacturing to China and accepting oil from Russia, but it also includes relying on Russia for defense of its northern borders.
Co-dependence leads to peace just a MAD policies led to peace during the cold war. Dependence, however, leads to weakness and the weak are a target for the inhuman tendencies which are present in an intelligent devoid governments on both sides, but particularly in dictatorships.
we are reaping the rewards of being complacent and the weakness that follows.
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