Originally Posted by
Richard Dangle
It was not my intention in anyway to engage in historical debate - one cannot intelligently do so on an internet forum.
One can, but it can be tricky.
Freedom, whatever you conceive to be, is costly, and the cost falls in the first place on those fighting for it.
Concur.
I don't believe in military intervention to "build nations" (others will, they could easily be right and I could easily be wrong).
Oddly enough, it worked in South Korea, Germany, and Japan (rebuild, though, more than build).
But as a career military guy, I was always uneasy about nation building as some kind of Military mission, since it is an undertaking (see the Marshall Plan) that involves every aspect of the societies trying to pull it off. The military bit is only one piece of the puzzle.
But naked hypocrisy is naked hyprocrisy however you dress it up.
I am sure it feels good to say that, but so what? Lies and hypocrisy are the currency of politics the world over.
Thank you for the historical references, I will surely follow them up. Here's one for you which I enjoyed..."The Bad Popes" by ER Chamberlin. (Greed, Money & Power...and the consequences thereof)
Thanks! I like to get recommended sources.
Fly safe.
