If it's true, as futurists predict, that the next great war will be an economic one, the US has already lost.
How do I know?
I've had my birthday cake moment.
In a crucial scene in Battle of the Bulge—one of my all-time favorite war movies—actor Robert Shaw, who plays a Nazi colonel, examines a birthday cake he's seized from an American POW.
He turns to his adjutant and says, "The enemy has the fuel and planes to fly cake over the Atlantic Ocean. Do you know what this means? Germany has already lost the war."
Last week, while waiting at the gate for a flight, I had my birthday cake moment.
It's important to note the flight number was 1175; the time of departure, 11:20.
A woman and her teenage daughter plopped down next to me.
The woman looked lost and confused. "Did we get here in time?" she snapped at the girl.
The teenager rolled her eyes, unfolded her boarding pass and scrutinized it. "The plane doesn't leave until 1175," she insisted.
Seventeen years old... and she can't tell time.
Do you know what this means?
We have already lost the war.
