Germany and Japan were occupied with a long-range plan - The Marshall Plan. Arguably it worked.
Afganistan and Iraq were flattened and then... Michael Redler wrote: > /"But I don't understand what is wrong with considering all options in > war."/ > > I'm not surprised that anyone on this list would suggest having an > open mind on anything. After all, it is the single biggest strength of > the biofuel's collective mind (so to speak). > > However, the only option in war (IMO) is to put down the > antagonists. Nearly every war the US has fought, has been as an > extension of its foreign policy and politics - making it one of the > worlds biggest antagonists. > > To a pacifist, the reasons for stopping war are obvious. on a > practical level, war has not been a successful way of extending any > political policy. > > [Biofuel] Keegan vs. von Clausewitz: war is not a worthwhile > instrument of national policy > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg52828.html > > (IMO) the decision boils down to weighing the benefits of either ten > years of occupation or ten years of civil war. In the context of self > determination and the history of most democracies which have emerged > over the past hundred years, the decision seems pretty unambiguous. > > Mike > > */Tom Scheel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > I'm angry that Bush is rolling back environmental > policy in favor of an extract and consume policy. I'm > angry that we have made a hash of the war in Iraq and > alieniated the US from the world community in the > process. I'm livid about our energy "policy". > > But I don't understand what is wrong with considering > all options in war. This one was (wisely) discarded. > Maybe it should not have made it up the to the > president (ie been shot down at a lower level). Had he > gone through with it, then yes, very bad decision. But > in the context of how can we win/be successful with > Bush'es Iraq adventure, I am all for creative and > comprehensive thinking. And I am all for eliminating > bone headed ideas from that list. To a casual > observer, it looks like that is exactly what happened. > > So what am I missing? > > thanks > Tom > > Radiance Heating and Plumbing, Inc. (ROC 204149,204150) > Tom Scheel > 928-380-6294 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
