Should a genuine foreign crisis erupt, this lack of credibility will materially weaken this administration's ability to marshal allies to support the United States, and will embolden adversaries to oppose us.
Citing a reluctance to be responsible to investors should another financial crisis erupt, Mr. Icahn said in a letter to investors on Tuesday that he would continue investing with his own money, as he has during most of his five decades on Wall Street.
"Having forces based where they can fight directly — such as Air Force and Army units in Korea, or Air Force and Navy units in Japan, as well as the broader Middle East — is hugely beneficial should a crisis erupt," he wrote.
And the calm detachment of Östlund's overall approach makes it all the more explosive when the moments of crisis erupt – notably a strobe-lit dark night of the soul as Tomas finds himself caught up in a wild stampede of booze- and techno-crazed holidaying males.
Five years ago this month we witnessed a financial crisis erupt on Wall Street and in financial centers around the globe.
An interesting question which has hitherto been unanswered by the mainstream media: why did the Greek debt crisis erupt with such sudden ferocity in the past month or so?
