Secular Breakdown

Seemingly irrational leaders are preparing for war. Religious fanatics are rattling their sabers. Rational people everywhere are becoming scared, very scared. Rational people? What could I possible mean by this term. I will define it geopoliticaly as the mentality underlying the doctrine of mutually assured destruction. This is what I am calling rational. Of course it is ironic, ironic to the extreme. Nuclear weapons are not rational, except within the military doctrine of total war. Mutually assured destruction assumes that two enemies who have the capability to destroy one another will not do so. One side will not initiate total war upon the other because it would mean destruction for themselves.

Our presidents since WWII have certainly contemplated this. They bear a heavy weight because only a president can order a nuclear launch. The president must act rationally, an insane maniac will simply not do. Unfortunately the political culture in the contemporary USA is geared toward rewarding power hungry megalomaniacs rather than conscientous civil servants. George Bush is just a portend of what can come. Granted he is a stupid religous nut, but he is not quite an insane maniac, ala Hitler.

If we experience a national/international crisis sooner rather than later this will be a blessing. Because the longer the current political culture holds together the more likely a massive crisis will hit. And the more likely a truly demonic leader will be raised up.