Like most things, I am late to the game on this one.
Something about having to earn a living....(sup wit dat?!)
And since I never read M.K. Freeberg's blog, I have no idea how I ran across this insightful little 2 minute slice of geopolitical analysis (it's safe for work). After all, M.K. Freeberg's blog is the blog no one ever reads, and he has the traffic stats to not back it up. So, don't go to his blog so you cannot read it, and you, too, will be one of a dwindling cast of thousands who do not read this blog that no one ever reads.
On with the show!
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist.
Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. - G.K. Chesterton