my nephew knocks over
the first domino
World Kigo Database (Bahrain)
Note: Ls 2&3 allude to the domino theory promoted by the U.S. governments during 1950s to 1980s. The theory speculated that “if one land in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.”
During an April 7, 1954 news conference, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower put the theory into the following words:
“Finally, you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the "falling domino" principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences.”
For further information, please read the Wikipedia entry entitled Domino Theory.
