During "normal" times, wars are waged carefully, and for
rational reasons.
But during generational Crisis eras, when decisions are made by people
with the intellect of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, irrational panic is a
major factor in war decisions.
A modern example that I often point to is Israel's invasion of Lebanon
in 2006. Hezbollah abducted two Israeli soldiers near the Lebanon
border. Israel went into a state of total panic, and launched the war
in Lebanon within four hours, with no plan and no objectives. The war
was a total disaster for Israel. It occurred 58 years after the
genocidal war between Jews and Arabs in Palestine in 1948.
** How Israel panicked in pursuing the summer Lebanon war with Hezbollah
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e061223
China's actions that I've mentioned in my article -- locking up a
million Uighurs, abducting two Canadians in two days -- are both based
on panic, are reckless, and completely irrational. China's next
panicked move could trigger a panicked response.
Friedrich Nietzsche: "Insanity in individuals is something rare
- but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."