Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "Why World Peace Failed After WWI | Total War | Timeline" video.

  1. The notion of collective security and a world-wide community failed on an epic scale so what does Roosevelt do in response? Insists on giving it another go. His arrogance, combined with his misguided admiration for Woodrow Wilson played a large role I suppose. Outside of Korea, which was primarily driven by the U.S. anyway, how has the U.N. delivered on the idea of collective security? Collective security and world-wide communities fail because nations, like people, are self-interested. Honestly, if China was to invade Taiwan tomorrow, what would the U.N. do to stop them? Sanctions? Yeah, that'll work, right up until the minute after they are instituted and nations and corporations start finding backdoors to keep the trade going. Armed conflict? Don't count on that. Europe would never agree to send troops to defend Taiwan and the U.S., while still a potent force, would eventually be faced with the choice of using nukes or letting the Chinese have their way because our navy has been gutted to levels not seen since the days prior to WWI. Besides, our armed forces are too busy making promo films for which pronouns and bathrooms to use. Look what happened when Russia invaded Ukraine. Their position became stronger and their ruble increased in value because of the rise in the cost of energy. That was great long-term strategy there. But hey, we did sick McDonalds and Master Card on em. That had those oligarchs shaking in their boots as they sipped champagne on the Mediterranean. Like the opening line from Fellowship of the Ring declares, a dark force has been let loose in the world and things which should not have been forgotten are lost. God have mercy on us all because I think the 2030 version of the dirty 30s will make the 1930s look like a yabba-dabba-doo time.
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