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History has a way of repeating itself.

Sometimes I wonder if I am the only one who feels like world peace has been unraveling for decades, slowly reaching a breaking point?

I don't know what happens when the U.S. eventually pulls out of NATO, a scenario that seems more possible than ever based on the actions of the current Administration. Will Europe be able to stand its ground against Russia and China?

We now have world leaders armed with nuclear weapons, the most terrifying creations in human history, openly threatening each other and growing hostile.

I honestly, worry about the world we are creating for our children.. or perhaps my thoughts have been overtly influenced by Social Media..

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NATO was created to counter the Soviet Union but after the USSR fell apart, NATO did not disband. Instead Europeans hired the USA for their defense. The USA enjoyed the status and power of being the dominant military force in Europe.

Unfortunately "entangling alliances" such as NATO tend to draw us into remote conflicts where we have nothing to gain:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Doctrine_of_Unstabl...

It blows my mind at how so many people think this is unprovoked and think we somehow have a responsibility to resolve this conflict.

Some seem to have forgotten how the neocons/CIA have stirred the pot in Ukraine for at least a decade under Democratic administrations. Some say it was a mistake to do what they (neocons) did but I think it was a good outcome. Russian is now like North Korea, able to "win" (and even that is questionable) only a nuclear conflict.

Furthermore Russia's population of fighting men is down, which will require that they return home to seed a new generation of cannon fodder (not an entirely bad assignment BTW in either Russia or Ukraine) for their czar-like leaders. I feel sorry for the handicapped wounded however.

> I honestly, worry about the world we are creating for our children

It's not we, the politicians are creating this unsafe, cruel world. We didn't choose war.

Also, the world has always been like this. Peace was always only momentary. The best scenario would be to just stop procreating so our children don't have to live in this shit but it's obviously not going to happen

No that's a cop out. We are in this situation explicitly because a plurality of the voting population voted for it. Trump isn't and has never been the problem. He's a clown. The people making the clown a king are the problem. When Trump goes away, they will just find another clown.

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