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May 30, 2004
A History Lesson
John Dos Passos argues a number of things in 1946 that are being repeated about Iraq. An excellent gem of a letter about our bungling in Europe.
Try these points on for size:
- We have swept away Hitlerism, but a great many Europeans feel that the cure has been worse than the disease.
- Never has American prestige in Europe been lower.
- “We’ve lost the peace"
I learned about this from hearing a fairly good speech by Bill Bennett, called 'The Politics of War and Civil Society'.
Other juicy tidbits. This 'unilateral' action includes a coalition of 31 nations. The Gulf War 'multilateral' action included a coaltion of 34 nations. This is a huge difference?
The last seven times the US military was engaged, it was done for on behalf of muslims.
Posted by mbowen at May 30, 2004 11:28 AM
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