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"as we involve the U.S. military in more and more missions that look highly political" "War is the continuation of politics by other means." - Carl von Clausew
by astine 15y ago
"as we involve the U.S. military in more and more missions that look highly political"
"War is the continuation of politics by other means." - Carl von Clausewitz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz)
- celoyd 15y agoThis passage bewildered me. It’s hard to think of a time when the US military wasn’t comparably involved in politicized missions: see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_milit... The wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya are not particularly unusual, and I don’t think they represent a rising trend. That doesn’t mean they’re excusable or inevitable, and they may have important differences from past politicized wars. I’m not apologizing for them, I’m just saying they aren’t a new phenomenon.