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Is that why the US seems so hell-bent at creating new enemies for themselves? Would one of the states exiting the US be thinkable, were it not for the unity in
by geon 10y ago
Is that why the US seems so hell-bent at creating new enemies for themselves?
Would one of the states exiting the US be thinkable, were it not for the unity in waging wars against external (and some internal) enemies?
- p_eter_p 10y agoYes. I believe Texas Republicans call for independence with some frequency.
- emp_zealoth 10y agoLet them go and watch the hellfire of their economic explosion i say.
- ThomPete 10y agohttp://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-usa-secession-idUSKCN0ZA3F4 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-usa-secession-i... And yes. Leo Strauss was of that opinion and you will find a whole suite of argument that talk about how the middle east became the new enemy out of need rather than actual threat. This was part of the PNAC (Project for New American Century) which identified the need for a new enemy after the fall of the wall. Now whether they were actually successful is another discussion but it was part of the Bush administrations fundamental belief as several of it's key members where students under Strauss. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss