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> It would be insane to go to war just to induce more national unity. It's probably out of the scope of this essay, but we have in fact been at war for 14 year
by WoodenChair 11y ago
> It would be insane to go to war just to induce more national unity.
It's probably out of the scope of this essay, but we have in fact been at war for 14 years. It's not at the scale of WW2, but it's war none the less. I think it has not induced national unity due to precisely what Graham describes - fragmentation in society.
- clarkmoody 11y agoOf course he means command economy total war when he says "go to war". The US has been involved in foreign conflicts almost continually since the end of WWII, but none of them have been total war.
- WoodenChair 11y agoYes, I think you're right. But since we are at war, I guess it's worth pointing out the difference, to help elucidate why the current war is not generating social cohesion. It just rings a bit hollow to not acknowledge that we have been in a very serious war now for 14 years.
- Zigurd 11y agoThat's right. The GWoT is the failed last hurrah of a feeble politician attempting to drape himself in war-leader glory. And that's a good thing. The future is about the ability to create, not coerce and extract, and America needs to retool for that world.