Enoch PowellHistory is littered with the wars everybody knew could never happen.
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Time and time again, events that are predicted to happen turn out to be true. Even the most powerful people in the world are subject to the whims of fate. No matter how hard they try, it is impossible for them to see the future. Unfortunately, history is littered with the wars everyone knew could never happen, but they came anyway.
It is easy to be complacent when it is business as usual. We let our guard down and forget about the possibility of war. As war becomes more common place, however, we hang on to the idea that there will always be peace.
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