Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 09:31:10PM +0000, William T Goodall wrote:
> > on 2/12/02 4:57 pm, Gautam Mukunda at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > http://denbeste.nu/external/Kagan01.html
> > >
> > 1) So Europe's lack of interest in developing military force, and the US's
> > role in defending Europe are a Good Thing.
> > 2) Which is just as well because it isn't going to change anyhow.
> > 3) So that's all right then.
>
> I had a similar reaction. He spent a lot of words setting up the
> conflict between the US on one side with the belief that military force
> is the way to solve international problems, and the EU on the other side
> with the belief that appeasement, engagement, persuasion, diplomacy,
> etc. are sufficient.
>
> But then he didn't resolve the conflict, the question that "can the
> EU be right, is it possible to solve international problems without
> military force?". He just waved the question away by assuming that
> everyone knows the US view is the more realistic one, which it may be,
> but addressing the question more directly seemed called for.
So, should I continue reading it, or leave it only having gotten about
1/3 of the way through? (Or should I just take a break and come back to
it later, when I'm not quite so tired?)
Julia
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