American empire-building foreign policy, with the exception of the Spanish-American War, never got much attention from most Americans in the first place. So there wasn’t all that much to forget. But it is very important that Americans know this history, and I commend you and the author for putting this book out in the public eye.
Obama continued the War on Terror and made it a permanent thing? How did he do that?
I do know that under Bush the Lesser, these efforts appeared in the Budget proposal as Global War on Terror. Enter Obama, and suddenly, It's "Overseas Contingency Operations," That sounds like something that would have "collateral damage," rather than killing anybody.
This is off-topic but the ability to forget has broad applications. My sense is that we probably remember the facts but forget the emotional response to those facts. If we didn't, we'd cling to the pain of childbirth, and the frustration of dealing with a 1 month old child who screamed inconsolably in the late afternoon and evening, and who kept us up all night when ill, etc. If we kept the emotional frustration, nobody would ever have a second child!
American empire-building foreign policy, with the exception of the Spanish-American War, never got much attention from most Americans in the first place. So there wasn’t all that much to forget. But it is very important that Americans know this history, and I commend you and the author for putting this book out in the public eye.
Obama continued the War on Terror and made it a permanent thing? How did he do that?
I do know that under Bush the Lesser, these efforts appeared in the Budget proposal as Global War on Terror. Enter Obama, and suddenly, It's "Overseas Contingency Operations," That sounds like something that would have "collateral damage," rather than killing anybody.
Can somebody explain? Words matter.
This is off-topic but the ability to forget has broad applications. My sense is that we probably remember the facts but forget the emotional response to those facts. If we didn't, we'd cling to the pain of childbirth, and the frustration of dealing with a 1 month old child who screamed inconsolably in the late afternoon and evening, and who kept us up all night when ill, etc. If we kept the emotional frustration, nobody would ever have a second child!