The Art of War

alice wellintown alicewellintown at gmail.com
Wed Dec 29 18:43:57 CST 2010


>
> I wouldn't place any blame on America.  Montaigne and, as I wrote
> earlier in the day, Hobbes saw the direct effects of Modern reforms.
> So, I'd say the blame is to be placed on England, Germany, and then
> France.  This is why I understand the insurgence in Afghanistan in
> Iraq, they don't want our Modernized ways.  But hell, Pre-Modern or
> Modern violence and war are present.

While the roots are European, America is the trunk and the limbs. What
the insurgents don't want is nearly beside the point because they will
get modernized and our ways come with the cell-phones.



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