dalsingh101 Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 Reading the above. Thought I'd share some quotes along the way: First is a depressing sense that one has seen and read about current American policy formations before. Each great metropolitan centre that aspired to global dominance has said, and alas done, many of the same things. There is always the appeal to power and national interest in running the affairs of lesser people; there is the same destructive zeal when the going gets a little rough, or when natives rise up and reject a compliant and unpopular ruler who was ensnared and kept in place by the imperial power; there is the horrifically predictable disclaimer that 'we' are exceptional, not imperial, not about to repeat the mistakes of earlier powers, a disclaimer that has been routinely followed by making the mistake, as witness the Vietnam and Gulf wars. Worse yet has been the amazing, if often passive, collaboration with these practices on the part of intellectuals, artists, journalists whose positions at home are progressive and full of admirable sentiments, but the opposite when it comes to what is done abroad in their name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted September 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Bump: That quote is so true about a lot of people in the US and UK today... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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