Searching for America's next enemy
Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Doug Bandow
07/17/06
Peace is boring. How else to explain the search by some conservatives for a new enemy? After the Cold War the foreign policy establishment could have gratefully accepted peace, stopped meddling around the globe, and demobilized America's outsize military. Instead, it found other enemies. Doing so wasn't easy. Saddam Hussein's Iraq proved to be easy prey. Now Iran is getting the most attention...
http://www.mises.org/story/2252
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Doug Bandow
07/17/06
Peace is boring. How else to explain the search by some conservatives for a new enemy? After the Cold War the foreign policy establishment could have gratefully accepted peace, stopped meddling around the globe, and demobilized America's outsize military. Instead, it found other enemies. Doing so wasn't easy. Saddam Hussein's Iraq proved to be easy prey. Now Iran is getting the most attention...
http://www.mises.org/story/2252
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 18. Jul, 16:40
