Warning—Heavy sarcasm ahead So here you go folks. What we’ve all been waiting for. The phrase; Cold War II, if not the actual turning of the tide (yet), has now been offered up to the public nice and solid. By an article in the New York Times no less.
The problem is, Cold War II could in its own way be just as messy and unpredictable. For all the talk of strategic partnership and even personal friendship between Mr. Putin and President Bush, the relationship between Russia and the United States has reached what is probably its lowest point since the Soviet Union collapsed a decade and a half ago.
Source: No Cold War, Perhaps, but Surely a Lukewarm Peace - New York Times
Warms the cockles of my heart it does. And this time we don’t have the politico’s on both sides of the equation that are steeped in the kind of experience that the generations of leaders who kept the uneasy peace of the first Cold War had. A war that began with the end of WWII. No, not at all. I’m so sure that these guys don’t have a clue what they’re dragging all of us regular folks (I mean folks everywhere) into that I’d be willing to bet what’s left of the farm on it. So perhaps we won’t have to worry about the Middle East or Global Warming after all. Maybe the boneheads in these two neurotic governments will heat things up for us good and quick instead. Then we won’t have all that stress to contend with. Hell, maybe we won’t have anything to contend with at all. Thanks once again for reminding me that I most likely wasted all those years and my health as well, poking holes in the ocean trying to keep the world from blowing itself up. Sarcastic, cynical rant is now over.
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February 18th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
May be cynical but many feel the same way. Every time Bush opens his mouth I wonder what country he’s p’….off now. All I can say I hope and pray for some really good candidates from each side in 2 years! In the meantime I think it’s going to be a long….2 years!
February 19th, 2007 at 11:56 am
I agree. It’s also going to be a very interesting two years as well.
Ancient Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times.