[atlaw]

The basic problem is one of morale. After 9-11 the US has the resolve to do what its destiny demands that it do[--]what it should have done many years ago.

Machiavelli understood the basic nature of states - they must expand, whether it be physically or in some other measurable way, or they will perish. We must cease being squeamish when contemplating this political constant.

I have to say, this one-ups the pie-eyed Wilsonian democrats, and goes straight into Napoleonic delusion.

[Publius6961]

I have to say, this one-ups the pie-eyed Wilsonian democrats, and goes straight into Napoleonic delusion.

Keep it simple, dude!