On Our Blind Faith Militaristic Rathole Foreign Policy

[Donnachaidh]

http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12303

Blind faith, adhering to a proposition with no reasonable justification of its truth, is more dangerous for politicians than it is for religionists.

True believers may acknowledge their blind faith in religious dogma, while foreign policy wonks seldom acknowledge their blind faith in political dogma. Yet many legislators and administrators-as well as columnists and academics-adhere to the dogma of "military supremacy," which dominates U.S. foreign policy.

American taxpayers, who have invested heavily in that dogma, may have serious questions about whether it works. The evidence?

"The chief lesson to emerge from the battlefields" since 9/11: "the Pentagon possesses next to no ability to translate military supremacy into meaningful victory," according to Andrew Bacevich." As a retired colonel, now teaching at Boston University, Professor Bacevich speaks with some authority.

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