Re-thinking Military Involvement in the Middle East

y were the inarguably the top military power in the world, their navy being a force to be feared. By the end of WWII, what was left was only a legacy of the past. Then in 2011, I see that headline. A fall from power that framed within the wide context of human history, was relatively short. Why? Too many battles, both within Europe and overseas.

Although oversimplified for the purpose of this article, it is none the less the correct. Setting aside extended Canadian/Britain relations, virtually every European power that staked a claim in North America within a hundred to two hundred years was politically gone, (with exception of their cultures). More to the point, their position as a leading power on the world stage on the path to being diminished.

Despite that fact that one could argue present day U.S. intentions differ greatly from those of European powers in the past, intentions are irrelevant. Whenever someone mentions Britain, the next thought in my head is naval power, through the lens of a historian at least. However that is incorrect. Their efforts to impose power overseas were unsustainable. Historical trends reveal that truth. What should come to my mind is what county is next to fall from world power. Perhaps more importantly, who will be the next to rise?

Let us learn from history.