Well, there's also probably less fear of war. America is terrified of the idea of war, with a lot of the people in power not wanting to be seen as responsible for starting a war, since all wars will have conspiracy theories formed around them. It's about the oil, right?
The reason I hate these types of arguments though, is that it removes the idea of necessity. That as bad as war is, sometimes it can be necessary to do so. The democrats always say, carbon dioxide will be the bane of man! Well, let's see we all got filters on our mufflers, and that eliminated pollution 100%. Or that we started burning oil in coal turbines instead, and had algae absorb all the exhaust, and use electric cars. Does that change the fact that it's rising in cost, makes us too dependent on foreign trade, and also that we'll run out in 40 years? No. Whatever dismal effects might occur in the next 200 years of fossil fuel consumption presumes that when our population is industrialized 10 times more than it is now and doubles, that we'll still have any fossil fuels left by then. When you make carbon dioxide the enemy, people focus on the wrong things. When you distort the problem and get people to attack a made up lie rather than the real enemy, to use the military as a vehicle to voice your discontent on George bush, instead of accusing him of what he actually did, which was be incompetent, we in the long run, shoot ourselves in the foot.
When you say all war is evil, that the entire machine is the devil, then any war now becomes a war for profit. When in reality, war can be, at times, a necessity. Power is also a necessity. Corporations are evil! Except for solar panel corporations, right?
I hate these all or nothing arguments. It's self destructive to a point where, well, we are where we are today. Hopefully, people will come to their senses and just make sense of things instead of always being a single way. In the meantime, tensions will escalate until it may be too late to do anything realistic about it and it spirals out of control. If we had done something back when he challenged us all those years ago, we might have had Syria, and might not have Ukraine, now.
I abhor violence. I hate war. I love soldiers, I hate war; soldiers hate war the most, since they fight and die in it. But, the fact of the matter is, it's coming. It's all a matter of how quickly we nip this in the bud, or let it get out of control. Waiting 10 years to get involved in WWII was a mistake we should never repeat, and likely are. Well, I only want poland, right? I only want Belgium? I only want Czechoslovakia? I only want Kuwait!
Will history repeat itself again? God I hope not. But, we're nearing that path. "I swear guys, I only want Crimea! ...and all of Ukraine! And most of Europe..." Better red, than dead.
Edited by Manoka, 22 February 2015 - 06:28 PM.