Tuesday, July 20, 2010

An Opinion Ahead of its Time

Some people figure things out before the rest of us. A remarkably prescient article from 2008. This article was written for Uwire by Rory Walkinshire.
I'll get straight to the point: I'm not voting for Barack Obama. In fact, I think he's a traitor.



We live in an unstable world, where the threat of terrorism is all too real. Increasingly, the kinds of conflicts in which America is engaged are of an unconventional nature, such as guerrilla warfare and terrorism.



To understand this, all you have to do is read recent history. Al-Qaida in Iraq has perpetrated dozens of attacks on Americans, including suicide bombings and beheadings. Similarly, the Al-Aqsa Intifada in Israel has witnessed the rise of some of the most ruthless terrorists in the world.



More conventionally, China is ascending as a major regional superpower and a potential military threat to the United States. China is indeed a rising dragon and, according to a May 2006 article by Agence-France Presse, "the pace and scope of China's modernization of its strategic forces and other surprising military developments could pose a credible long term threat to the United States...new weaponry is enhancing China's ability to project and sustain military power well beyond its shores." read more

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