tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7841892246000268081..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: America's Cancerous Militarism - Part 3The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-23105157985625353622010-08-21T12:16:36.079-07:002010-08-21T12:16:36.079-07:00Silly notions seem to accompany perceived exceptio...Silly notions seem to accompany perceived exceptionalism and hyper-nationalism. This was evident in 19th century Brits and came violently gushing from the Japanese in WWII.<br /><br />Much of the "nuttiness" America manifests today eerily resembles what Britain went through toward the end of its empire. Today's American notion of "policeman of the world" was expressed by the Brits as "white man's burden." Each, in turn, believed that the solution to the world's problems was in imposing their "values" on others.<br /><br />Militarism played a big role in the end of the British empire. Few realize it but the supposed "British bulldog" of the dark days of WWII is a total myth. Indeed, Churchill and his war cabinet spent a great deal of time pondering what deal they could get from Hitler, what Britain could give up to appease him, because their country was abjectly broke, gutted, and had no funds to continue a war with Germany. It was only when Roosevelt stepped in with financing that the British government rallied.<br /><br />Now America's self-proclaimed main military threat is also its principal creditor. America's military rival finances America's ill-conceived military adventurism.<br /><br />Brilliant, no?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21567456473957288132010-08-21T11:13:43.192-07:002010-08-21T11:13:43.192-07:00Fascinating. Thank you for doing this.
Equating a...Fascinating. Thank you for doing this.<br /><br />Equating affluence with liberty explains so much of the current nuttiness south of the border, doesn't it?fern hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459318831672106272noreply@blogger.com