With the Arab Spring resulting in the fall of dictators and the weakening of others are we finally seeing the end of the Cold War Strategies of supporting obnoxious friends? The West has supported virtually every nasty thug that has risen to power since WWII ...well at least the ones the Soviets didn't get their hands on first.
Has the time finally arrived when the remnants of fear and distrust can finally be put to bed? Can we also now please end the "war on terror" and return it to what it should have been in the first place a Police action? There are also other ways to secure our need for oil rather than invasion, occupation and menaces.
Can we end the "war on drugs" by suppressing our own demand for these drugs rather than subjugating others to a never ending cycle of violence?
Can we stop regarding everyone else as a threat when we create the dangerous conditions ourselves?
Can we end the decades long mentality of hegemony and hubris?
Can we finally please stop fighting WWII?
Can we now turn our attention to the important things in life such as saving our own biosphere?
Perhaps with the hope the Arab Spring is bringing we can finally say the Cold War is almost over and if we all agree to stop supporting oppressive regimes for our own interests it will end.
I have high hopes just so long as we can change our behavior and concentrate on what really matters; our own planet. Imagine what we could do if we stopped investing in the means destruction and worked for the future.
Just maybe we can have our own "Spring".