As we all know, our world is FAR from perfect. Every day we face the possibility of entering a new war. for example 9/11. We had all thought it would have been another september day, but disaster struck and the next thing we knew, the goverment declared war and began sending U.S troops to fight in the middle east.
From a recent article i have read, (http://vanrcook.tripod.com/nextwar.htm) the four countries America and close ally; Israel is possible to go to war with are; Venezuela, Syria, Iran, and North Korea. The reasoning for the possible war out-break is tension between the political systems and natural resources such as oil.
It is said that venezuelan president Hugo chavez has made plenty of remarks towards U.S presidents, especially George W. Bush. calling "el diablo". To back up his smart remarks; Chavez is trying to make undeveloped nations rise against the U.S. At the time, if venezuela was to attack the U.s, our defense is low because of the number of troops occupied in the Iraq and Afghanistan.
The way we can hopefully save ourselves from any war out breaks is to create treaties to make everyone happy. though it will most likely never happend because of the different beliefs throught the world, i feel like its our only shot.
I find it interesting you mention George W. Bush. Only two of the four countries are listed as to what he defined "the axis of evil" (referring to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea).
ReplyDeleteI also think the article is a bit outdated and did not consider some of the more recent events. Libya recently "killed" Gaddafi which might mean there is possible instability there. I also don't believe the United States will be in direct war with North Korea either since the various attacks on South Korea indicate there might be another Korean War coming up. Whether or not we will get involved might be a whole other issue considering the last Korean War didn't really get anything accomplished.
My last comment goes out the article itself. I noticed it was very vague; by that I mean it doesn't reference specific events that indicate a war might be coming.