The dreadful simplicity of today’s warmongers
Jonathan Power; 12/9/08
Does America know what a dangerous game its leaders are playing? Does it know its history? And do the leaders of Europe, who should be a brake on American determination, go along with Washington because they are almost equally ignorant? After all, none of the present crop of European leaders has had time to study much history, and all of them made their way upwards in their party ranks because of their skill and knowledge of domestic affairs. They have had little or no preparation for the affairs of the world. On the Russian, Georgian and Ukrainian side, one can make the same argument. Ignorance reigns so history can be repeated.