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  • #76
    Re: Supporting Israel

    Originally posted by lakedaemonian View Post
    From my anecdotal experience, I've found at the micro level that there is pretty much nothing deemed more expendable than females within the socioeconomic poor in the region. Sadly, a goat or a donkey is typically viewed as having more value to a family than a female.
    That seems to be the attitude in the old testament. I wonder then, why the armies don't use women. Because, I suppose, arming women would equalize the power distribution!

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    • #77
      Re: Supporting Israel

      Originally posted by lakedaemonian View Post
      I don't think it's easy sitting in the executive seat.

      Especially if you're surrounded by professional bureaucrats not always acting selflessly in protecting/enhancing their own careers and domains.

      While I think history has shown executive leadership has often gone against advice, how often is that advice in the best interest of the country? And how often is that advise lacking in personal risk/commitment and personal political calculation at the senior advisor level?

      How often are those senior advisors rising from the trenches of civil service with global coalface experience?

      How often are those senior advisors political appointees?

      How often is the advice offered to executive leadership lacking special interest pollution?
      I'd say Johnson and Vietnam is a prime example of that. I don't think he wanted the war, and recordings show he was worried about where US involvement using Marines would go. The "experts", Mac Namara and others suckered him into it. I think Johnson knew he was weak in military and foreign policy. And he did not choose the cabinet he had.

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      • #78
        Re: Supporting Israel

        http://www.theatlantic.com/features/...europe/386279/

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