Turkish jets have just forced down a Syrian passenger plane that the Turks suspect of carrying weapons: BBC News - Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Turkey Meanwhile, the US has sent troops to the Turkey-Syria border, just in case the violence should spill over, and ignite a broader (perhaps regional) war: US sends troops to Jordan to help deal with Syria crisis | World news | guardian.co.uk One has to wonder where this conflict is headed...
Gosh the world is exploding. I am so worried my grandchildren will have to go to war. What the heck did Syria do to Turkey or visa vis? I can't keep up anymore.
I hate being a pessimist, but am becoming concerned with all the strife in the world. There seems to be something different, a overall feeling of uneasiness maybe even of foreboding that permeates my thinking. Maybe it was because our country came within a hairbreadths of a major depression which would of pulled the world into one as well. Or maybe it’s the current revolts, conflicts, and coups than those say ten years ago. It’s just a gut feeling, maybe it’s because many of the 1st* worlds nations are struggling to keep their economies afloat. *(as opposed to the 3rd world) At least one major currency may cease to exist. A more accurate statement is that the idea of eliminating the euro is being mentioned/thought about. Anyway the topic of the OT is just another bit of evidence that something is not right and, as the title of the novel says ‘something wicked this way comes‘. At least as a Christian Zionist the current events in the OT don’t fulfill the requirements of Armageddon. See! I am a optimist! reva
Might this just be a manifestation of the sheer bloody-mindedness of the people of the region bubbling to the surface after years of repression? Syrian Arabs and Turks have never liked each other.
Over 100,000 Syrian refugees are being sheltered in Turkey... and Syria is dogging the Turkish border. They have also launched some sort of rocket or missle that killed a Turkish family.
I am reluctant to digress; but this touches upon a topic of some interest to me, viz.: What if the euro did cease to exist? In fact, what if the entire EuroZone were to implode, and simply revert to the status quo ante, with Europe being (again) a congeries of autonomous countries? Why should this have any negative impact upon American exports? Yet, every time there is some hint that this might actually happen, traders seem to go into panic mode, and precipitate a gigantic sell-off. I guess I just don't understand the thinking there...
