Posted on 04/10/2019 3:55:46 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
Why join? Defend America? HA! Is that what you call this?
Well, you see, neocons believe democracy can be exported at gunpoint, and democracies seldom go to war against each other.
The real problem is that other cultures do not value for their citizens the same thing we value for ours. It is folly to cram their feet into shoes that don’t fit.
The solution to that is to invade, occupy, and change their values. That might have worked in post war Japan, but we lack to will to do that today.
This conundrum was addressed by Napoleon when he said, “If you going to take Vienna, take Vienna.” IOW don’t go to war half-assed, with ROE and hands tied behind your back. If you aren’t prepared to wage all out war, don’t step into it. We have yet to learn that since WWII.
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