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**DoctorBretonDen** · 03-17-2012, 09:39 PM

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_.../NB28Dj06.html

"Everyone is killing each other in Syria and some other places in the region, and the conflict might spread. What should we do about it?"

"How much does this cost you?"

"Nothing at all," I answered.

"Then let them kill each other as long as possible, which is to say for 30 years or so. Do you know," the ghastly Cardinal continued, "why really interesting wars last for 30 years? That has been true from the Peloponnesian War to my own century. First you kill the fathers, then you kill their sons. There aren't usually enough men left for a third iteration." When Spengler talks, you should listen, even if you don't agree with his assessments...

03-17-2012, 09:39 PM	#1
DoctorBretonDen Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	Conjuring the ghost of Richelieu http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_.../NB28Dj06.html "Everyone is killing each other in Syria and some other places in the region, and the conflict might spread. What should we do about it?" "How much does this cost you?" "Nothing at all," I answered. "Then let them kill each other as long as possible, which is to say for 30 years or so. Do you know," the ghastly Cardinal continued, "why really interesting wars last for 30 years? That has been true from the Peloponnesian War to my own century. First you kill the fathers, then you kill their sons. There aren't usually enough men left for a third iteration." When Spengler talks, you should listen, even if you don't agree with his assessments...
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