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It'll be hard for any peace settlement. I think this war will be exploited for it's distraction value. If JH Kunstler's post (yesterday) is accurate about some economic indicators, we'll need all the distraction we can get.
(Personally, after following JHK's "Clusterf*** Nation" for over three years I may not agree with the details of many of his predictions nor his scenarios, but I do believe that he sure does do his homework on things that are down the road.)
Some of JHK's short term prognostication seems ideologically driven (by his dislike of suburbia, pop-culture, Wall St. bankers, etc.) and that causes him to stick his neck out more than he should, at times.
However -- and I don't think I'm overstating this -- his ability to see the big picture is uncanny. He "gets it" in a way that most other cultural observers, politicians, business leaders, etc. either fail to or refuse to get it. He is showing himself to be one of the most influential thinkers in this young 21st century. An ex-Rolling Stone editor. Who'd have thunk it?
I can't agree even though I enjoy reading JHK. Politicians and business leaders rarely (almost never) say what they think. JHK has the luxury of honesty because he hasn't been purchased-what he is saying is obvious to a great many persons who would never admit it.
I think what he dislikes are willful ignorance (as represented by the manifold distractions of pop culture) and blithe optimism (Wall St.)