WHAT THE CRUSADES DID FOR MEDIEVAL EUROPE...
THE CHINA TRADE WILL DO FOR AMERICA AND THE 21ST CENTURY WEST...
THIS IS SO INEVITABLE IT'S QUITE ODD THAT IT'S SELDOM MENTIONED...
PANDEMICS HAPPEN EVERY TIME WE "GO GLOBAL" FOR WHATEVER REASON. STAYING PUT AND STAYING LOCAL...HAS HUGE EVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGES FOR CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF DANGEROUS DISEASES....
THE 1919 FLU WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE FIRST "GLOBAL" WAR FROM 1914 TO 1918...
WHAT WERE "CLUSTER" DISEASES...SUDDENLY GO GLOBAL...AIDS IS THE MOST RECENT BIG EXAMPLE
BUT, IN THE US AT LEAST...GREED WILL WIN...TO BE SURE.