Kolby Jack said:
Nah. World War 2 left an unignorable, unforgettable, horrific impact on the world, and it was followed by the Cold War, in which multiple generations of people lived through constant threats of total annihilation. Then comes the information age, where billions of people all over the world are suddenly able to talk to one another at a capacity which grows exponentially each day. It's easy to see today that the younger generations are already fed up with the bullshit still left over from wars past and want to move forward, forgive and forget. The two biggest points of tension are the Middle East with Iran and the Pacific with China and it's neighbors. Iran's oppressive regime is living on borrowed time, their military sucks and they have almost NO allies. China is economically tangled with the US to the point that neither really wants to do anything to each other, and their biggest ally, North Korea, is so backwards and insane that even China hates them at this point.
I'm not naive enough to say that we're on the fast track to world peace or that we're moving past violent conflict, because clearly we aren't. But huge, grandiose wars fueled by bigotry and propoganda with death tolls in the multiple millions aren't going to happen. Anyone who thinks so is just so cynical that they've become blind to the positive trends made by people in the modern world. And that's just sad.
1. Iran is not a regime on borrowed time, their newly elected president is much more moderate, and perhaps will open the way for a more productive relationship with the western world.
2. Iran has the 8th largest number of active soldiers in the world, and the 6th highest number of reservists. Granted they don't have the same level of tech and funding as the US or China, but their military definitely does not "suck"
3. Iran has support in the int'l community, it is a trading partner with China, India, Germany, South Korea, Japan, France, Russia and Italy. And Iran is also growing it's relations with South Africa, Turkey, and Pakistan. Plus it's a founding member of OPEC. So Iran is a pretty serious player on the world's stage, and to say they have no allies is ignorant at best.