Just have to provide my oversimplification of the day in
What is always a good idea- agreeing with Ken
State's due to their interdependency in Physical/Economic and Social arenas will of necessity always try to tiptoe in order to avoid miss-steps
But once someones foot gets stepped on- All bets are off
Unfortunately for all of us it will happen again sooner or later
My personal vote is for as much later as possible
Always a good source for thought of the day
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Originally Posted by
SJPONeill
My first thought is from one of my primary sources of pulp philosophy, Bablylon 5...
"...if you take too many hits, stumble a lot, you start to look at your feet all the time, thinking that this will prevent further stumbles. But, by looking at your feet all the time, you don't see things coming and end up stumbling even more..."
I think this is where we are at the moment not just looking down at our feet but totally fixated on the now problems of AFG and the takfir jihadists and possibly forgetting that there are other kids on the block who may pick a fight in other ways...maybe Germany will again seek to promote the 'U' in EU, possibly Putin might take the Red Army to France for the summer holidays, or China will decide that Russia doesn't really need Siberia...
That said same goes for spending too much time watching the horizon looking for the Iceberg. You could still end up hitting the one beneath the surface. Or watching for boulders, stumbling on the pebbles, etc
All result in at minimum annoyance and at worst major damage. In the end its all about balance.
And Chance- Try the best you can to avoid em all just don't be surprised when occasionally you stumble anyways- Thats Life:wry: