The World is Out of Control!!!

If you're my age, you remember the "cold" war. While in elementary school, we were shown how to survive a nuclear attack by hiding under our desks. Neighbors had fallout shelters built in their backyards and we knew that Nikita Khrushchev, head of the USSR, was an evil man who meant us harm. This didn't change for years. Eventually, miracles of all miracles, the wall separating Germany from Germany came down. We watched with tears in our eyes as families were reunited. The USSR was dismantled. We thought that democracy would be the answer to their peoples' long years of poverty, suppression, and torture.
And, for a time, though the path was difficult, Russia and it's bordering states made their way into the world. The people began to feel the freedom of standing on their own two feet. The Russian stock market began to rally and all seemed right with the world, for a short period of time.
Putin, Russia's new president, was impressive. His people "loved" him, according to the press. But, what they didn't see, what our own President didn't see in Putin's eyes, was his need for power or his love of communism or maybe the ultimate power, a dictatorship. Now, we know that we have our old enemy back and he's stronger and more powerful than ever. Why? Because now he has oil and that gives him a lot of leverage over Europe.
Already, some of Europe has caved over his carefully planned invasion of Georgia. What can they do? They have no power. Unfortunately, the United States has had to carry the burden of power since WWII, along with our friend, England. Remember the Nazis stomping over Europe? Who In Europe could possibly stop Russia from doing the same thing? Don't think the United Nations. It has become a haven of corruption and impotent countries.
We have to admit that history repeats itself; over and over and over. I came to a conclusion yesterday. It involves human nature. I imagined myself an anthropologist studying the history of man. Since we can remember, MAN, and I do mean MAN, has waged war. There is a basic animalistic or humanistic drive for power and control. When you have a weak tribe or state or country, one human can inspire a group or army to wrest control from another. This has happened continually throughout the world since the beginning of mankind. The American Iroquois had it right. Give the power to the women. They (normally) will not choose to fight or start a war unless it's necessary. Now, if only we can convince the rest of humanity to allow women to rule!