tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post108620736734258352..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: One Born Every MinuteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1086245483452095892004-06-02T23:51:00.000-07:002004-06-02T23:51:00.000-07:00That is a fantastic quotation that really gets to ...That is a fantastic quotation that really gets to the heart of the foreign policy differences between the Neo-cons et al and the Clinton foreign policy people.Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1086224695193730922004-06-02T18:04:00.000-07:002004-06-02T18:04:00.000-07:00I like Madeline Albright's comments before the 9/1...I like Madeline Albright's comments before the 9/11 commission about who our enemy is:<br /><br />"We must begin by thinking clearly about what it is we are trying to accomplish. After September 11, President Bush said that our nation’s goal and responsibility to history was “to rid the world of evil.” That is a noble but impossibly ambitious quest. As long as humans are human, evil will exist. Our nation’s strategic purpose can only sensibly be expressed in more mundane terms--to confront and defeat the individuals and groups who attacked us.<br /><br />We need to remember that we were not attacked by a noun--terrorism. We were attacked by individuals affiliated with al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. They are the declared enemies of America; they are the ones who killed our fellow citizens; and they are the ones who boast of their intention to do so again. <br /><br />Pursuing, confronting and defeating them should be the focus of our policy. American power and resources are extensive, but not inexhaustible. If we establish strategic goals that are unnecessarily expansive, such as the elimination not only of threats but of potential threats; not only of enemies but also potential enemies; not only of our own adversaries but also the adversaries of others; we will stretch ourselves to the breaking point and beyond, and become more vulnerable, not less, to those truly wishing to do us harm."Dr. Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407042105777411150noreply@blogger.com