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Good read!

I believe Ralph Peters to be a very good analyst who takes a very well thought out approach to second and third world effects and consequences. Both past and present! As he points out in his response, "It was meant as a warning to blithe Americans", he does this very well.

I read his novel "The War After Armageddon" some years back and remember thinking, "hope this isn't prophetic". Turns out, his catastrophic look at a worst case scenario is becoming a possible eventuality. (Much like Beck's caliphate prediction after the so called Arab Spring).
Though not a great novel, the message is straightforward enough, beware the true believers on all sides lest they assume the powers they dearly believe are theirs.