Couldn't agree more. What a load of pompous imperialist claptrap.
It will all end in tears, as has been discovered by every nation in history who ever tried to remake the peoples of the world into an Empire forged in their own image, or at least to their own design.
No offence intended to your good self, IME, but this doctrine is unworkable rubbish. It flies in the face of human nature, which, regardless of whatever side of the evolution / creation debate one subscribes to - if, indeed, one subscribes to either, which is itself not necessary in order to observe the historical reality of the human condition - has been crafted in accordance with far greater designs than the Pentagon is capable of encompassing.
It would seem that yet another generation of humanity who should know better, have failed to learn from the oft-repeated lessons of history.
Seduced by their own relative wealth and technological advancement, they mistakenly suppose that their minute window on the long story of the world offers a view never seen before, from a position offering a unique opportunity to alter the course of development of that world's human inhabitants.
What a shame. At best it's very sad; at worst, a depressingly predictable prelude to self-inflicted disaster.
Why aren't these people compelled to study history? Is there a minimum required level of intelligence for Pentagon planners?
Sigh....
