In these days of political insanity we hear a lot of stuff that seems a bit bizarre……I recall in my younger days while I was protesting there were chants everywhere….”Hell No We Won’t GO”!…..or my fave……..”Make Love Not War”…..there seems to be some that like the idea of America’s young being sent off to fight for whatever issues in en vogue for the day…….and this is one of those people…..
Americans in their 50s and 60s largely understand the positive power of the US military. They saw a military buildup end the Cold War, and witnessed successful interventions in Serbia and Iraq in the 90s, Harvard professor Stephen Peter Rosen—a member of that generation—writes in the Wall Street Journal. But younger Americans see the world very differently. They see the Cold War as unnecessary, and came of age during the Iraq and Afghanistan quagmires. They aren’t blind to the world’s evils, “they just cannot believe that the use of US military power will make things better.”
“The task isn’t to convince them that they must support military action when they believe in their hearts that it cannot work,” Rosen writes. It’s to demonstrate that some things are worth fighting for. Fighting nuclear proliferation makes the world and the US safer. Standing up against territorial incursions like Russia’s Crimea move fosters a more profitable free world—and protects against similar attacks on us. “In short, America must help others defend themselves against tyranny because it is in our national interest to do so.” Click for Rosen’s full column.
I thought we were already doing this with those damn silly video games……..and the glorification of war by Hollywood………
I bet people like McCain and Graham thinks this guy is some sort of sage or something equally moronic………
That call is easy for someone to make if they never had to taste their own fear. Easy for someone that never had to tell a family that their son/daughter would not be coming home alive. Easy for someone that never had a friend die in their arms from a sucking chest wound.
I have NO patience for these people at all……..they do a disservice to the country and its people. PERIOD!
Though Rosen is a rationale and erudite man he tends to hang out with military hawks and that PNAC crowd that glorifies American exceptionalism. I would weigh his words critically and make sure one is not lulled into believing that there are causes to go to war over simply because such clever people make a good case for it.
Unfortunately there are too many, especially policy makers, that will listen to what he has to say……of course we can also thank Hollywood for the glorification of war….they are doing their part…..
America needs to stay out of other countries business. How would we feel if they came to our country?
We cannot stay away…..corporate interests prevent us from standing back….we must protect the interests f the high dollar donors…..
That is a great point. I personally don’t want our jobs going overseas because it is cheaper to make, cheaper isn’t always the same or a better product.
Unfortunately these days with shrinking clout of the middle class….cheaper is all that can be afforded.
It is going to get much worse before it gets better. As it gets worse for the middle class there will be unrest and everyone will be pointing fingers at each other. One of our problems is we are now an “I-Me” society. Everything is I and Me not we or ours.
yes! we No longer look to what is best for the country but rather what is best for “me”….