To the many here that have blithely asserted that a multi-polar world is a good thing, well, while a unipolar hegemony had significant downsides, this is what you get when you have a multi-polar world: the poles gearing up to promote their own interests and defend those interests from each other, whether politically, economically or militarily.
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it" and what seems likely is a repeat of the 1800s and its rivalry between the great powers, only this time with modern arms. May we all survive the coming era of international strife and war.
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it" and what seems likely is a repeat of the 1800s and its rivalry between the great powers, only this time with modern arms. May we all survive the coming era of international strife and war.