Comments on: Tom Hayden http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/05/14/tom-hayden/ Interviews of foreign policy experts, writers and activists. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: the legendary Bill http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/05/14/tom-hayden/comment-page-1/#comment-4743 the legendary Bill Thu, 14 May 2009 23:00:34 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=3027#comment-4743 One of the main tenets of the americanist religion ( mostly regardless of party affiliation or Christian or quasi-christian denomination is that once america commits to a war then victory must be achieved ( whatever the cost even if we " have to " nuke civilians..even though that island country had no Navy left, almost no air force-we were bombing their capitol at will )...and if TOTAL victory isn't achieved it's an affront before God because we are the shining city on a hill, the indispensable nation of the new millenium...This won't change until the ignorant hillbilly redneck followers of John Hagee and co. become actual Christians. One of the main tenets of the americanist religion ( mostly regardless of party affiliation or Christian or quasi-christian denomination is that once america commits to a war then victory must be achieved ( whatever the cost even if we ” have to ” nuke civilians..even though that island country had no Navy left, almost no air force-we were bombing their capitol at will )…and if TOTAL victory isn’t achieved it’s an affront before God because we are the shining city on a hill, the indispensable nation of the new millenium…This won’t change until the ignorant hillbilly redneck followers of John Hagee and co. become actual Christians.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/05/14/tom-hayden/comment-page-1/#comment-4735 eCAHNomics Thu, 14 May 2009 17:15:05 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=3027#comment-4735 Re: Military dominance of U.S. foreign policy. Read House of War by James Carroll for the post-WWII history of how that developed. The self-perpetuating aspect has many examples in that history. Are special ops what the U.S. would call unlawful combatants if they were on the other side? The only difference between the Rs and the Ds is that the latter want to use war to solve humanitarian problems too. Re: Military dominance of U.S. foreign policy. Read House of War by James Carroll for the post-WWII history of how that developed. The self-perpetuating aspect has many examples in that history.

Are special ops what the U.S. would call unlawful combatants if they were on the other side?

The only difference between the Rs and the Ds is that the latter want to use war to solve humanitarian problems too.

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