I got a kick out of reading this one from the Telegraph.

Quote:By Christopher Booker

It might seem strange to link global warming and the futility of wind farms with the ongoing collapse of the euro. But in several directions at the moment we can see the unfolding of one of the hidden patterns shaping human affairs, which years ago I called “the fantasy cycle”. It is a pattern that recurs in personal lives, in politics, in history – and in storytelling.

He cites stages;

1. Dream stage
2. Frustration stage
3. Nightmare stage
4. Explosion into reality (the fantasy falls apart).

What happens when the great fantasys, like wind power or European Union, collide with reality?

Quote:A third great fantasy of our time has been the belief that we can sort out the world’s trouble spots by reckless military interventions which fail to anticipate the bloody chaos they will unleash.

Amen to that.