Comments on: These contests will be byzantine https://www.isegoria.net/2019/07/these-contests-will-be-byzantine/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2019/07/these-contests-will-be-byzantine/comment-page-1/#comment-2894175 Bob Sykes Sat, 06 Jul 2019 12:58:45 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45333#comment-2894175 “The wars of the coming decades, however, are likely to look more like Suez than Berlin or Iraq.”

That is probably correct, but with one caveat. They will be American wars. Russia and China might dabble, as in Syria, but they will not become engaged. They will continue their Eurasia integration project while we dissipate lives, money, and alliances. Russia and China are winning peacefully. Why would they get into a shooting war?

And what is Russia doing in the Arctic? With an economy only 10% or so larger than Germany’s, they are heavily outspending the US there, and everyone else put together for that matter.

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