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I cannot recommend too highly an op-ed that appeared in yesterday’s Washington Post, entitled, “Quit Calling Donald Trump an Isolationist. He’s Worse than That” by Stephen Wertheim, a Fellow in History at King’s College at the University of Cambridge. It is an absolutely excellent analysis of Trump, foreign policy, militarism, and isolationism.
Those who support U.S. interventionism around the world have accused Trump of wanting to return to the era of “isolationism.” Referring to the period after World War I, the term is used to describe the belief among most Americans to stay out of another European war.
Why did Americans favor staying out of what became World War II? Because they were totally disgusted with the results of U.S. intervention in World War I. Remember: The goal of interventionists in that war was to bring an end, once and for all, to Europe’s endless wars and to “make the world safe for demoracy.”
The exact opposite happened. Within 20 years, ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
More Perversity from the Other Failed War
Would you like to read about another perverse outcome of the other failed war that is being waged by the federal government?
The New York Times is reporting that California farmers are suffering financial losses arising out of the inability to irrigate their crops. No, the problem does not arise from drought, heat waves, or fires. And no, it’s not because of a shortage of illegal aliens.
It’s because thieves are stealing copper from the irrigation systems, which is disabling the pumps on the systems.
Guess who is doing the stealing — drug users who need the money to pay for their illegal drugs.
The Times reports that with the price of copper soaring (no doubt in part because of the crashing U.S. dollar due to the out-of-control federal spending in Iraq and elsewhere), “metal theft is now committed in nearly every state, largely by methamphetamine users who hock the metal to buy drugs, ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
More Perversity from the Other Failed War
Would you like to read about another perverse outcome of the other failed war that is being waged by the federal government?
The New York Times is reporting that California farmers are suffering financial losses arising out of the inability to irrigate their crops. No, the problem does not arise from drought, heat waves, or fires. And no, it’s not because of a shortage of illegal aliens.
It’s because thieves are stealing copper from the irrigation systems, which is disabling the pumps on the systems.
Guess who is doing the stealing — drug users who need the money to pay for their illegal drugs.
The Times reports that with the price of copper soaring (no doubt in part because of the crashing U.S. dollar due to the out-of-control federal spending in Iraq and elsewhere), “metal theft is now committed in nearly every state, largely by methamphetamine users who hock the metal to buy drugs, ...
