Summary: This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post by Professor Finel about two new reports questioning the purposes and conduct of the Af-Pak War. Here we consider a shorter explanation: Uncle Screwtape has given them sound advice, which they’ve taken to heart. “You don’t know the horrible aspects of war. I’ve been through two wars and …
Uncle Screwtape explains how to build support for the Af-Pak War Read More »
Summary: The outline for today’s post comes from the youngest member of the FM website’s staff, a Marine Corporal. He’s completed one tour in Afghanistan and will deploy again in early 2011. Here he describes a dark side to one of the most popular science fiction books of the past 20 years, widely read by members of the US …
Generals read “Ender’s Game” and see their vision of the future Marine Corps Read More »
Our elites tolerate the republic, as it provides a stable political regime without limiting their ability to amass wealth and power (for details see “Wealth, Income, and Power” by G. William Domhoff). Thomas Friedman explains how this works in “Our One-Party Democracy“, op-ed in the New York Times, 8 September 2009. His logic is bizarre but …
Tom Friedman provides a window to the thinking of our ruling elites Read More »
Summary: This report is just a sketch, some thoughts that hopefully spark discussion about America’s rush to war. It proposes the following: There is as yet insufficient evidence that America is threatened sufficiently to justify the large-scale mobilization of citizens that we call “war.” There is insufficient public evidence that al Qaeda or Islamic jihadists …
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