Report Card for Donald Trump

[Warren Dew]

(01-28-2017, 07:41 AM)Mikebert Wrote:

(01-27-2017, 07:11 PM)SomeGuy Wrote: I dunno, Mike, why did we invade Vietnam?  Iraq?  Why did the British intervene on the Continent at the outset of WWI? 

For WW I, because they thought they could win.  The British ended up winning the war. 

For WWI, because they thought that the Germans could win otherwise.  At the time, the British were still playing balance of power politics for Europe.  By coming in on the French side, they prevented a hegemon from taking over the continent.

The US needs to learn balance of power politics, because that is the game we need to play throughout Eurasia.