--- In [email protected], "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > >
> > > I don't know that I follow you...are you saying that Gulf War I was a > > > sign of increased world peace??? > > > > > > > > > When did GW 1 happen? > > > > 1990-91, at the tail end or just after the group. I still don't > follow. All I can think of that you might be saying is that the war > was a sign of increased world peace because of all the nations that > banded together in response to Saddam's aggression--a rather > simplistic view of the war, it seems to me, to say the least--or > because it came after the group disbanded and so that shows that the > group was effective because look what happened when the group wasn't > there any more. Which would be an extremely weak piece of evidence. > So please explain... > While not addressing your question specifically, I remember MMY saying just before the attack in Iraq, that even if there is a war, it will be short and the LAST war on earth. That this "war" was actually a huge positive sign of HoE in that it was not the effort of one nation, but a collective effort of 100+ nations to resist highly negative forces. What happened over the next 15 years clearly contradict this vision. Perhaps other huge unseen negative factors entered the scene. Or perhaps the vison was only hopeful, not a true and valid detailed view of the future.
