tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post927485859666060315..comments2024-03-14T07:29:46.679-07:00Comments on Baha'i Coherence: The End of WarBryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06536028746119658713noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-63468244260153701712010-10-22T23:18:56.619-07:002010-10-22T23:18:56.619-07:00Anonymous, I think you missed something. The repor...Anonymous, I think you missed something. The report documents "three remarkable changes" in international politics and several long-term global trends that have reduced the risk of conflict, so that war is less and less likely to occur or take the toll that it took in the past. Your supposition is that if someone objectively views our place in history a person would conclude that we're about to have another massive war on the scale of World War II. The report documents in incredible detail a conclusion that is exactly the opposite. There are institutions, technology, and cultural norms in place now that reduce the occurrence and impact of war, and those have never existed in past centuries, so I don't see how you can compare our current state to the past and conclude that war is inescapable.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536028746119658713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-11357492779419779062010-10-22T22:23:18.878-07:002010-10-22T22:23:18.878-07:00While war may be changing, and the way war is foug...While war may be changing, and the way war is fought is also very different than from how it has been, the thought of war is not over. <br /><br />If one was knowledgeable of the World Wars, one would understand that we are due for another large conflict. Not one century has gone without major warfare of some sort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-50462572218437893452010-10-16T15:49:12.284-07:002010-10-16T15:49:12.284-07:00Edifying indeed.Edifying indeed.Alex Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397606380053794409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-43636241776778740112010-10-14T20:05:28.984-07:002010-10-14T20:05:28.984-07:00Brilliant write up Bryan. It is really amazing how...Brilliant write up Bryan. It is really amazing how unacceptable it is these days for a nation to raise arms against another nation...especially after Iraq. Most wars do indeed seem to be within nations that are still stricken with extreme poverty and poor governance. There are of course those larger potential conflicts on the horizon of which you mentioned, Iran/Israel, Pakistan/India, and North/South Korea being the most salient to me.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162527239228375591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-84752574240159608942010-10-14T09:16:41.556-07:002010-10-14T09:16:41.556-07:00I don't recall anything about the correlation....I don't recall anything about the correlation. I recommend reading through the report if you're interested. It's very thorough and it's full of more graphs and data.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536028746119658713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-59167143124143014882010-10-14T09:13:52.834-07:002010-10-14T09:13:52.834-07:00In the stacked graph, it's striking how the in...In the stacked graph, it's striking how the intensity of wars in different places seems to peak and level off at the same times. Did it say more about this correlation in your research, Bryan?maecarmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458018705740015151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-58615464980380149072010-10-14T09:07:51.992-07:002010-10-14T09:07:51.992-07:00A very thorough analysis! It's often difficult...A very thorough analysis! It's often difficult to sort through the impressions that pass as information these days to figure out what's actually going on. Since recent wars have tended to be intrastate and involve skirmishes rather than battles, they have less decisive endings than the massive international conflicts. This may be one reason why the media doesn't report their endings as often as their beginnings.maecarmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458018705740015151noreply@blogger.com