We have had our day of gays and Palestinians….and the media will move on to something else….but NOT in the direction of this post…..
We are entering the doldrums of fall when the political landscape in Washington gets more boring and silly by the minute….for that reason……and now for something completely different (thanx Monty Python)…..
We all know that Europe is up to its ass in problems….Greece, Spain, Italy, et al……and the Euro, the currency of the EU is having its share of troubles also…..to the point that some have predicted that the Euro could be finished….and if that actually occurs can the EU be far behind? And if it does fail, what could be the consequences?
A collapse of Europe’s monetary union would likely lead to a breakup of the European Union as a whole, posing significant risks to the region and even raising the possibility of war in the long term, Poland’s Finance Minister told CNBC. “Therefore the danger in a longer-time horizon, in 10-20 years, in the absence of one of the key elements of our security system and one of the key elements of our political system, which ensures we deal with problems in this peaceful, democratic way we’ve developed, the risk of all sorts of authoritarian political movements, and therefore even war, in the long horizon, rises,” he said.
Is it possible? Dunno….but he makes a compelling case. Thoughts?