prediction : IS THE HISTORY OF CONFLICT BETWEEN "THE WEST" AND "THE EAST" REPETITIVE? [+] serious ballot by contragrain ACTIVE Sun Aug 26, 07 - Mon Aug 25, 08 When President Clinton involved us in the conflict between the Serbs and the Croatians, I remember one advisor or commentator (I can't remember who it was off the top of my head) noted that the beginning of the century involved a conflict in the same area which evolved into WW's I and II; and, the same commentator implored of that President that he employ caution and not let history repeat itself. Although it possesses distinct differences from the conflict in the beginning of the previous millenium, there are also some similarities. A lot involved the clashes between the cultures of "the east" and "the west." Then, a contributing factor was the Islamic cultural encroachment in Spain. Remember, Turkey was allied with Wilhelm in WWI. It was an assassination of one of theirs which is commonly viewed as a major contributing factor. So, whether we want to admit it or not, are the "jihadists" getting what they were posturing for via President Bush's policies toward them? Do you think their talking smack about him is really all just propaganda, and that he is actually playing into their hand, giving them what they wanted in this global poker game? I'm not discounting the proposition that he's an idiot, I think he probably is. I don't think "the boy" (Bush II) has a friggin' clue what he's dealing with here. So, is the history of conflict between the east and the west repeating itself, or not? Yep. It's repeating itself. Nope. This is altogether different. other, see comment Ballot #117352 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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