We are fighting Islamism from ignorance, as we did the cold war
The west wasted trillions in needless conflict with the USSR. Now we are being brainwashed into confrontation with Iran
Simon Jenkins, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 March 2012 20.00 GMT
Were we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian communism and now the west against political Islam. The latter was caused by western leaders exaggerating a threat from a tiny group of terrorists to win popularity in war. But the former? Surely the cold war was a good war, a Manichean struggle between competing visions of how to order humanity. If not, then it must have been one of the great mistakes of all time, and a horrific waste of resources.
Phi Beta Iota: Brother Spinney knows full well that there is no ignorance among the “leaders” who make it so. They are in this for the money. The ignorance is our own, as a public. Absent an educated engaged public, public policy is a tool for enriching the few, not the many.
See Also:
1961-2011: 50 Years of The Military-Industrial Complex
Journal: ‘Systemic Corruption’–Daunting Challenge in Globalized Era
Marcus Aurelius: US at Permanent “War” + War RECAP
Reference: Empire of Lies & Secrecy
Reference: On WikiLeaks and Government Secrecy + RECAP on Secrecy as Fraud, Waste, & Abuse
Review (Guest): The Pentagon Labyrinth
Review: Grand Theft Pentagon–Tales of Corruption and Profiteering in the War on Terror
Review: Lines of Fire – A Renegade Writes on Strategy, Intelligence, and Security
Review: Prophets of War–Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex
Review: The Military Industrial Compex at 50
Review: Why Leaders Lie–The Truth About Lying in International Politics
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Corruption
