A senior government adviser puts it this way: "You should expect crisis in Iraq.
While aid agencies had initially expected the crisis to peak in the lean hunger season of December to March, there are indications that the crisis may already be peaking in some areas, especially the south.
Above all, we expected the crisis to remind everyone why banks need to be effectively regulated.
Still, a spokesman for the government said he expected the crisis to subside in due course.
In the end, those of us who expected the crisis to provide a teachable moment were right, but not in the way we expected.
Taubman quotes the remarkable letter from Castro to Moscow in effect arguing that the U.S.S.R. must use a first strike against the United States in the expected final crisis.
"The US told us the operations will be limited, and we expected the crisis would be over by the end of last year, yet unfortunately still it is ongoing," he said.
The botanical gardens in the Ukrainian capital Kiev are selling off tropical plants at knock-down prices ahead of an expected energy crisis this winter.
This is viewed as a sign of an expected identity crisis at this age.
In light of these historical precedents, hospitals may want to inform prospective staff members of what is expected in crisis situations before, rather than in the midst of, an emergency.
