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War of the worlds

- By Farook Araie The reader is from Actonville, South Africa.

Ithink the internatio­nal sanctions trade war between the US and many nations of the world will eventually lead to a nuclear conflict of immense proportion­s. The blind are being led by the blind, unaware that sheer human folly and the current constellat­ion of global events will trigger a catastroph­ic global conflict from which there will be no escape. A war can start and friends will become foes and foes will become friends. Atomic fireballs will destroy the current world order. Gigantic radio active mushroom clouds will envelop and encircle the entire Earth in a tsunami of deadly dust. High debts and stagnating economies contribute­d to wars. Nationalis­m is on the rise with its deadly protection­ist policies. Global migration is at its highest and is mostly caused by war mongers.

The Chinese Dragon, The American Eagle and Russian Bear are locked in deadly combat. Their war doctrines are designed to totally decimate any intrusion into their domains and spheres of influence. It was Napoleon Bonaparte who, two centuries ago, offered these ominous words: “When the Chinese Dragon awakens, the world will tremble.”

If the world’s 16,300 nuclear weapons are unleashed, we will be no match. If a war breaks out between these countries that are superpower­s, a titanic battle will take place, on land, sea and in the air. We should strive for peaceful relations between countries. In a conflict of this magnitude, the living will envy the dead.

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