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Sunday, February 20, 2005

 

World War In Horizon?

If things keep heading in the direction they are headed, do you think we may see the world go to war? I surely hope not, but below I have made a list of some of the conflicts I believe are steering the world in the wrong direction.

  • Syria and Iran alliance and nuclear ambitions

  • US Missile Defense program (In my opinion threatens other countries and is a blow to world peace)

  • North Korea nuclear standoff (I think the US would attack North Korea if they had the resources and budget to do so)

  • Russian support for Iran

  • War in Iraq (I believe it drives fear into many countries and encourages them to invest in their armies).

  • Israel and Palestinian conflict (Although as of late, I believe things are starting to slowly head in the right direction. I respect Israel's freeing of 500 prisoners tomorrow (Link) and I respect the Gaza pullout (Link)

  • The cost of the Iraq war to the USA. This could been seen by hostile countries as a weakness.

  • The lack of NHL hockey. What are we Canadians to do?

  • The bulking up of China's army

  • Pakistan/India nuclear weapons

  • The re-election of George W. for another 4 years in office

 

Permalink posted by Jim @ 8:44 PM


Comments:
# At 9:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said :
 
    (godsmack)
    read revolations.. all the signs are there...
    *sings.. it's the end of the world as we know it....."

# At 10:47 PM, Blogger WhyNot said :
 
    I see pretty scary & gloomy days ahead.

    Bush is so obessessed with his crusade he doesn't see he's creating world unrest worse than prior to WW2.

# At 11:06 PM, Blogger Jim said :
 
    Reply to Whynot:

    I agree.. I just actually added another item to the bottom regarding the re-election of George W.

# At 8:46 PM, Blogger WhyNot said :
 
    “added another item to the bottom ”I see that.... but I think the only REAL issue is the hockey one - all the rest can be taken care of with judicial American bombing.

    BTW, what does NHL stand for?

# At 8:58 PM, Blogger Jim said :
 
    "BTW, what does NHL stand for? "

    It stands for "National Hockey League".

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