WWIII: It Is Coming

After reading Whose Water is it? It hit me that one topic in particular was very interesting. In the book, it was proposed that World War III is coming and will engulf America in a "New Age of Warfare". Not only will WWIII be the most costly war, but the most impacting and dangerous. Another interesting assertation that was made was, “By 2020 there is little doubt something drastic will happen” I agree with this statement. As the planet's carrying capacity shrinks, wars over food, water, energy, and supplies will break out. Warfare is one of those things that defines human life. WWIII will be a paradigm shift in human history that will completely alter the world.

Jeremy Grantham is an investor managing $100 billion in assets; his take on the 2008 meltdown is as followed, "Several people saw this crisis coming for years. It has seemed so inevitable and so merciless. Yet the bosses of Merrill Lynch and Citi, even Paulson and Bernanke, haven’t seen it coming”. In the book, I also found it interesting when one writer stated, “Greed blinds us” after thinking this over, I realized how true this really is. I also questioned, Why can't we open our eyes? Wake up before it's too late? Why don't we learn the lessons of history? And then I realized Sadly, centuries of history prove we never change well we do, just when it's too late.

“The lesson of history is there will always be a temptation to stretch the limits.” (Reinhart and Rogoff). We're addicts, more is never enough, we ignore history lessons. Humans are addicted to greed, success, and wealth. More is never enough: “The lesson of history is there will always be a temptation to stretch the limits.” Leaders always stretch the limits, like gamblers who just can't go home till they lose everything. WWIII is coming. And in 2020 we may wake up and remember we were warned about the disastrous consequences of invading Iraq back during the invasion, warning: “Most great nations, at the peak of their economic power, become arrogant, wage great world wars at great cost, wasting vast resources, taking on huge debt, and ultimately burning themselves out.” (Nixon advisor Kevin Phillips)

The real reason WWIII is coming is because Americans love war; it's in our psyche, our cultural mythology. Deep in our souls we are greedy warmongers. WWIII is coming because America needs a war to prove that we really are still "king of the hill," the world's superpower. That we're not falling second to China and the rest of the world. Forget economics, politics, ideologies: WWIII is an ego thing.
WWIII is coming not because we have terrorists, dictators, and evil men wanting to destroy us; WWIII is coming because we have surrendered our honor, integrity, values, and our moral compass as a democracy. We have surrendered to the almighty dollar. We are at war with ourselves. Committing a national and universal suicide.