tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post8320477288209541047..comments2024-03-19T11:28:58.168-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: A British analogyDavid Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-64030298253458000152007-07-04T02:53:00.000-04:002007-07-04T02:53:00.000-04:00Somewhat surprised to see Fromkin's "The Peace To ...Somewhat surprised to see Fromkin's "The Peace To End All Peace" touted here. Too bad its "newly popular". Might have helped if someone in the White House had perused it before launching the current military fiasco, or at least before the next. Regards, M.R. GundolfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-25716189205390912212007-07-01T22:20:00.000-04:002007-07-01T22:20:00.000-04:00They decided to rule on new technology, especially...<I>They decided to rule on new technology, especially on air power, to pacify remote regions.</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed: ISAF says it has to use "technology" because the savages are using "human shields" in an attempt to stop it from using "technology". <BR/><BR/>"ISAF underscored last Wednesday that it had no intention of modifying its reliance on air raids, because it has insufficient troops on the ground.<BR/>'What the Taliban are trying to do, is to stop us from using air power and to force us to engage them on the ground.'" [AFP]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-72253420342138233922007-06-30T22:25:00.000-04:002007-06-30T22:25:00.000-04:00A wonderful quote from T.E. Lawrence. The discoura...A wonderful quote from T.E. Lawrence. The discouraging aspect is that no matter how many times and ways 'you' tell them, they won't listen. As you say, " . . . we m[ust] begin making foreign policy based upon what is, rather than what we would like to see."George Buddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567769949113869344noreply@blogger.com