“Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons”            Bertrand Russell

The strongest feelings I do have, are obviously, regarding continuing wars in Middle East.  Although, trying myself to join US selective service, I have to admit that there are way too many paradoxes representing lack of sense and lack of government’s perception, regardless of ‘right’ intentions, in this particular situation. 

Lessons of history are the best measures of outcome, consequently, I personally envision lasting war rather as long-term failure, which ultimately may bury not just basic dreams of average American citizen.

World is too globalized to be able to isolate from problems, but I truly believe that interventions and sending military to strategic places to establish ‘new government’ appears not sufficient anymore. Countries like Afghanistan, even Iraq shouldn’t be, but they are, our major concern… Meantime countries like Iran or raising economical powers like China are in comparison centers of marginal attention.

As a matter of fact if this war, like any other, is only in a name of business, then failure is gonna be even more painful and severe.

We are ironically in puzzled ’spot’, when powers of this world turn against each other with unpredictable force and values or beliefs America once stood for are drowned in blood and senseless sacrifice. Even worse, predictions of some Middle East specialists indicate these wars won’t be easily forgotten on the other side of the ocean.

Specifically Europe and USA both face new type of challenge of empowering Muslim mentality and influence. What Europeans see as direct thread is not war with Muslim countries or ageless turbulence in this part of the world throughout history, but  rather, as announced by extremists: slow assimilation of Muslim population on European continent and inevitably in Northern America, which ultimately causes old Europe to simply die and change direction of USA future forever. It’s obviously happening as we speak.