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We are a war-loving people.
Decades ago, Mario Cuomo (in a passage I have been unable to track down) said the United States 'is the most violent society in human history.'
We have created a milieu of Perpetual Warfare yet -- statistically speaking -- the world has never been safer.
Harvard's Steve Pinker Notes Slight Uptick In Violence In A Much More Peaceful World
"Why We Fight," A Documentary Film About The Military Industrial Complex
Starring Dwight Eisenhower
"Why We Fight," A Documentary Film About The Military Industrial Complex
Starring Dwight Eisenhower
Furthermore, we are bound -- intimately and (perhaps) inextricably -- to another singularly war-loving people.
War Historian M. Van Creveld: "Israeli Airforce Ready To Bomb European Capitals"
"Is Israel The World's Worst Terror State? An Israeli General's Son Thinks So"
There is a "rumor" (which rings true to me) that during the 2003 run-up to Smirk and Snarl's Whimsy War, Hillary bumped into John Kerry in the Senate cloakroom and said: "If you want to have a future in American politics, you must vote to expand War Power."
"We Like War Because We're Good At It"
"Bush's Toxic Legacy In Iraq"
Hans Blix' Fruitless Search For WMD And Bush/Cheney's Rush To War In Iraq
Cheney's Lucid 1994 Rationale For NOT Invading Iraq. Conservatives "Must" See This
Major General Smedley Butler: Do Wars Really Defend America’s Freedom?
"Terrorism And The Other Religions"
It's pay to play Fred.
If you want a place at the table, buy one.
But remember: the prelude to purchasing your ticket is accumulating enough capital to re-define yourself as a "corporate person."
"Plutocracy Triumphant"
Cartoon Compendium
"Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?"
Stanislaw Lec
A fin de cuentas... there is only one outstanding question - a wild card in an already wild deck.
Is the pen mightier than the sword?
The nub of global polarization comes down to an Islamic girl against the planet's Warrior Class.
Pax tecum
Alan
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Fred Owens <froghospital911@gmail.com> wrote:
Senators defy President on Iran deal ...... so why in hell didn't the Democrats do this in 2003? Why didn't Hillary Clinton and John Kerry and all the other Democratic Senators tell Pres. Bush they did not support his intended invasion of Iraq? Where was their courage?
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