Why do Americans who have zero knowledge of the inner workings of International Intelligence, Risks Assessments and Strategic Protection make such emotional statements concerning how the US should manage it's military?
We want to go to sleep secure in the knowledge that our Country is being protected but grow queasy in the light of day when those costs of freedom are revealed.
Why do Americans who have zero knowledge of the inner workings of International Intelligence, Risks Assessments and Strategic Protection make such emotional statements concerning how the US should manage it's military?
We want to go to sleep secure in the knowledge that our Country is being protected but grow queasy in the light of day when those costs of freedom are revealed.
Well, I'm just a retired teacher of English as a second language, but I do have opinions informed by regular reading of several major newspapers and magazines and of books on world and US history, and by TV, internet and a lifetime of lively conversation with people smarter than I am. I have also lived out in the world for most of the past 40 years, so I have perhaps learned to think about my beloved native land in a somewhat different way than most Americans.
Barbara, there is much more to life than secure sleep and feeling protected from terrorists. And yes, people who are sure that international intelligence, risk assessments and strategic protection are what really matter make me a bit queasy. There's a lot of other stuff that matters, too.
The point is I 100% agree with what you are saying. There is so much more to life. The topic, however, today has been war. I am going to edit photos. learn a new sewing machine and do some baking on this snowy icy day so I am signing off.
Well, Barbara, I have enjoyed our lively conversation, and yes, we likely agree about most things, even war (for the most part). Here in Italy it is time for supper, preceded, of course, by a glass of wine and some hummus. Peace to you, too.
Why do Americans who have zero knowledge of the inner workings of International Intelligence, Risks Assessments and Strategic Protection make such emotional statements concerning how the US should manage it's military?
We want to go to sleep secure in the knowledge that our Country is being protected but grow queasy in the light of day when those costs of freedom are revealed.
Well, I'm just a retired teacher of English as a second language, but I do have opinions informed by regular reading of several major newspapers and magazines and of books on world and US history, and by TV, internet and a lifetime of lively conversation with people smarter than I am. I have also lived out in the world for most of the past 40 years, so I have perhaps learned to think about my beloved native land in a somewhat different way than most Americans.
Barbara, there is much more to life than secure sleep and feeling protected from terrorists. And yes, people who are sure that international intelligence, risk assessments and strategic protection are what really matter make me a bit queasy. There's a lot of other stuff that matters, too.
The point is I 100% agree with what you are saying. There is so much more to life. The topic, however, today has been war. I am going to edit photos. learn a new sewing machine and do some baking on this snowy icy day so I am signing off.
Peace.
Well, Barbara, I have enjoyed our lively conversation, and yes, we likely agree about most things, even war (for the most part). Here in Italy it is time for supper, preceded, of course, by a glass of wine and some hummus. Peace to you, too.