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To: NeoCaveman

Bankrupted by empire-like overreach, like Spain and France and Britian before us. History keeps repreating

We could project overwhelming power cheaply. Just takes the spine to do it.

98 posted on 02/23/2011 3:13:30 PM PST by Stentor ( "All cults of personality begin as high drama and end as low comedy.")

To: Stentor

We could project overwhelming power cheaply. Just takes the spine to do it.

We do lack a sense of ruthlessness but that is our culture and it is not going to change.

And it is culture that determines policy not the other way around.

108 posted on 02/24/2011 10:35:22 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Hu's your daddy?)

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