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> Please understand me: the people in these countries are not important, but as a matter of national strategy, some places are more important than others. I as
by georgemcbay 7mo ago
> Please understand me: the people in these countries are not important, but as a matter of national strategy, some places are more important than others.
I assume/hope this was meant to say "the people in these countries are not [un]important"? (or just "are important")
As an entirely secular person, I believe every innocent human life is important.
- lmm 7mo agoHe's speaking from a military, America-first perspective (which I suspect may be somewhat affected, because he is hoping to convince people who sincerely think that way). The people in these countries are not strategically important.
- red_admiral 7mo agoTrying to parse the whole sentence, especially the "but" afterwards, the most reasonable explanation is that there is a "not" missing.
- pas 7mo agoHe emphasizes relative importance, he doesn't claim that the actual people are not important.
- triceratops 7mo agoI think he meant to write "not unimportant". His proofreading isn't perfect and he has typos or missing words in a lot of his work. I'm a fan of the work itself.
- hrldcpr 7mo agoThe typo is fixed now.