The Art of War

[Michael F]

All American values are the brainchild of not just individuals, but
movements in Germany, France, and England.  Our discordant and
vociferous voices for what "we" want are possible only through the
philosophical and legal movement of the three prior nations, going
back 400 or 500 years.  Capitalism, Communism, contemporary Liberalism
and Conservativism...  "isms" in general.  Of course "attacking"
something must take place for these ideologies to take root.

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Richard Fiero <rfiero at gmail.com> wrote:
> alice wellintown wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > 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.
>
> Indeed. The US should have attacked Britain and Germany where the World
> Trade Center stunt was actually hatched rather than a pair of insignificant
> countries without any proper means of retaliation, except of course Iraq
> balanced off Iran which now owns it all.
>