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>the lack of strategic vision The vision is that through liberal democracy we can achieve world peace. Believe it or not, it doesnt matter. That is the core o
by resource_waste 3y ago
>the lack of strategic vision
The vision is that through liberal democracy we can achieve world peace.
Believe it or not, it doesnt matter. That is the core of US foreign policy and there are ~300M americans that believe that. Only leadership can really change that.
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> Can you imagine the hubris of trying to tell people in some remote village that the way men and women relate to each other has to change through a translator, because some tall buildings in a place they've never heard of got destroyed?
Religion and Military occupation do this, lets not pretend this doesnt work.
I find it interesting, you have some mix of realpolitik but you have a cynicism that takes away your ability to see reality.
- lazide 3y agoOccupation over generations with severe and autocratic control of daily life and institutions maybe. Not dudes driving through on patrol once a day and never stopping unless they are attacked.
- ramblenode 3y ago> Religion and Military occupation do this, lets not pretend this doesnt work. Most successful occupiers seem to intermarry into the society they are occupying. Without this, there is always a clear distinction between occupier and occupied, that even shared culture, language, and religion will not smooth over.
- Animats 3y agoOccupation is very labor-intensive. The Allies did it after WWII.[1] It took a huge number of Allied troops, and continued until 1952. [1] https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/Occ-GY/ch16.htm https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/Occ-GY/ch16.htm