They say that with the collapse of the communist system, our world became calmer and safer, and a Third World War simply became impossible. But do you remember the bloody assault on Grozny on the eve of ’95? NATO bombers in the sky over Belgrade in ’99? The explosions of the twin towers on September 11, 2001? American tanks burning in the Iraqi desert? Those were just the “berries.” The real trouble is still ahead, and no one will be left out. The pendulum is swinging back, and the breakup of one superpower will inevitably hit another.
So, welcome to a bright future. 2014. The caterpillars of NATO tanks thunder through the streets of Odessa; “gray wolves” prepare a coup in Turkey; Israelis—an invasion of Iran; and the rest of the world tries to pretend that none of this concerns it. As it turns out, that’s a mistake…