{"id":53366,"date":"2016-10-24T17:08:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T21:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=53366"},"modified":"2016-10-24T17:08:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T21:08:47","slug":"why-peace-is-currently-impossible-and-the-2016-election-largely-irrelevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=53366","title":{"rendered":"Why Peace Is Currently Impossible and The 2016 Election Largely Irrelevant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Paso Robles, CA<br \/>\nOctober 24, 2016<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>For the foreseeable future, more wars will dominate the global landscape!<\/p>\n<p>Nationalism has seen its ugly head re-emerge in the face of threats from<br \/>\nglobalism, economic decline and the dramatic impact of technology.<\/p>\n<p>A quick read of this article about Greater Turkey will provide insight into<br \/>\nthe dilemma of early 21st Century foreign affairs: <a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2016\/10\/23\/turkeys-religious-nationalists-want-ottoman-borders-iraq-erdogan\/\">http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2016\/10\/23\/turkeys-religious-nationalists-want-ottoman-borders-iraq-erdogan\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greater this and greater that will lead to a lot of lessers: less peace;<br \/>\nless funds available for schools and roads and hospitals; less trade<br \/>\namong prospective rivals; and less of the comity between nations that<br \/>\ncreates the possibility for lasting world peace.<\/p>\n<p>Right now we see tensions rising dramatically between the United<br \/>\nStates and Russia. That combined with old tribal feuds intensifying and<br \/>\nreligious discord also increasing in certain places, means whether its Hillary<br \/>\nthe hawk globalist or Donald the Putin lover who gets elected in two<br \/>\nweeks, the odds are that none of what they said during the campaign<br \/>\nwill matter much because history is in the saddle and events are ruling<br \/>\nthe day. <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=51540\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=51540<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the belief in a truly peaceful planet is merely a pipe-dream<br \/>\nfor visionaries like Kant or Plato or the founders of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly it was none other than Dick Cheney whose prediction of a<br \/>\n&#8220;Long War Era&#8221; seems to be the best characterization of what is<br \/>\nhappening today.<\/p>\n<p>To me the real &#8220;Greater&#8221; phobia is American Exceptionalism which<br \/>\nis the rationalization for Pax Americana. Mrs. Clinton has shown<br \/>\nover the decades that she fully embraces that doctrine. Trump&#8217;s<br \/>\nurge to Make America Great Again demonstrates his enthusiasm<br \/>\nfor asserting force and projecting our power in ways that have a<br \/>\nhigh potential for triggering confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>The only silver lining appears to be Trump&#8217;s apparent willingness<br \/>\nto work with the Russians. Whether he will be able to achieve<br \/>\nthat if he somehow can pull an upset on November 8th is doubtful.<\/p>\n<p>The dark forces of war and greed are currently ascendant: how<br \/>\nthat can be quickly turned around and shifted into a higher<br \/>\nvibration of love and cooperation remains elusive despite it being<br \/>\nthe preference of countless souls longing for a brighter future.<\/p>\n<p>This was my attempt at addressing these issues back in February:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Does John Hunter&#8217;s World Peace Game provide a better starting point?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/worldpeacegame.org\/ Or is it Gerald Celente's Occupy Peace effort? http:\/\/occupypeace.us\/\">http:\/\/worldpeacegame.org\/ Or is it Gerald Celente&#8217;s Occupy Peace<\/a><br \/>\neffort? <a href=\"http:\/\/occupypeace.us\/\">http:\/\/occupypeace.us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only thing that is totally clear is that we have to begin looking at<br \/>\nthese topics more closely and bring them rapidly into the discussion.<br \/>\nOur failure to do so will doom our posterity to a new Dark Age and<br \/>\nculture of death.<\/p>\n<p>We must find a healthier way forward&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..NOW!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}