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Sometimes long-festering problems collide -- and explode -- in a single memorable year. We can go as far back as the fifth century B.C. to see this phenomenon -- and we may see it again in 2010.
In 480 B.C., a decade of Aegean tension culminated in the Persian invasion of Greece. Nothing seemed able to stop the onslaught of King Xerxes as he broke through the pass of Thermopylae -- until the Greeks under Themistocles rallied at the sea battle of Salamis and saved the West.
In A.D....
2010: Our Year of Decision
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Obama galvanize the Western Allies to meet the mounting danger?
I hope nobody holds his breath waiting for this to happen.
He'll have more success selling Weatherproof coats and jackets.