American war of independence... I'm saying a war mainly between the US and Russia, over missiles that Poland asked for partly for protection against Iran and mostly because of Russia's tantrum in Georgia... I think that's just absurd, given what it would spill out into, easily enough.
Even that was absurd from an English point of view. Had England been a country that had a King with common sense he would have seen the absurdity of British policies in the New World. Many Yanks considered themselves loyal subjects of the crown and only rebelled due to the tyranny of British policy. In the end the Brits lost everything due to the absurdity in their foreign policy.
Excess pride is absurd. Most of all when power is in the hands of one. Look at Saddam, as absurd a fool as ever existed. We Yanks have a problem understanding men like him because power here is held by many here and everyone has to answer to sombody. Even a President does, congress, the voters, our Allies . Who does Putin really have to answer to?
With these recent developments there is a real possibility of a serious confrontation between Russia and the West/America. History insists such an absurdity is possible because all the future is is history on re-wind.
