Will Asia Repeat Europe's Mistakes? -- Alistair Burnett, Real Clear World
Historical analogies often take the place of analysis - even more so when the implications of analogy are too horrendous to be spelled out. As we prepare to mark the centenary of the outbreak of First World War, ominous parallels are being drawn between rising tension between Japan and China and that between Germany and Britain before the outbreak of the World War. Such comparisons are relevant. China and the United States and its ally, Japan, today may not be the mirror image of European powers which came to blows, but the cascading alliances that led to the conflagration in 1914 still hold lessons for today.
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My Comment: Asia is not Europe .... far from it. Asia and it's history is unique .... and one should look at the tensions in the region from this perspective and not from a European one. As to the possibility of a future World War starting in Asia .... I just do not see it. But as to the possibility of a regional conflict .... unfortunately .... between countries like China and Japan, or China and India .... the possibility may be very remote but .... it is still a possibility.
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"the possibility may be very remote but" No, it's a certainty, when and how are the questions.
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