I was listening to NPR this morning and they had a nice report on the situation with North Korea. At some point they ran a comment from a person expressing concern that one side or the other might make a miscalculation and "the situation might spiral out of control". I think the person meant that we'd end up in a full-fledged shooting war. I have been trying to think of situations in history where one might say a situation spiraled out of control like this. I can think of situations where a miscalculation caused a war (the first Gulf War is a good example) but not one that could be described as "spiraling out of control". I think the start of World War I *might* fit the bill but I'm not up on my WWI history, unfortunately. (The American Civil War might fit too, but again, I'm not positive.)
Anyone have any thoughts about this? - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
