08-18-2017, 09:19 PM
(08-18-2017, 07:52 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:(08-17-2017, 10:30 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: > And Graham's is not contradictory either. It says that, one way
> or another, war with North Korea is "inevitable," and that an
> effort will be made to confine the war to the Korean peninsula.
> That's a worthwhile objective, but it's totally delusional to
> believe that it could succeed in a generational Crisis era.
>
(08-18-2017, 12:08 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: > The Spanish Civil War was limited to the Iberian peninsula during
> a crisis era. There could be limited wars prior to the big one.
>
The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) led directly to World War II
(1939-45). One could just as easily argue that WW II began in 1936
with the Spanish Civil War, or even in September 1931, when Japan
invaded Manchuria, or even in 1930, when the US passed the
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill.
There were five months between the end of the Spanish Civil War and the beginning of World War II proper in Europe. I don't think you can say that the Spanish Civil War led to WWII either in the sense that had it not happened, WWII would not have happened nor in the sense that the Spanish Civil War caused general war in Europe to break out earlier.
Seeing it as part of the greater use of military as a result of the crisis era is correct, and that would apply to an attack on North Korea. But that wouldn't in itself be a reason not to attack North Korea.
