As much as I hesitate to appear to dispute the professor, he leaves out a significant point that I’d like to see him discuss.
To stand up to aggressors requires being willing to use military action preemptively, that is, before the putative bad guy actually uses military force himself.
But the lessons of what happened to George W. Bush when he took preemptive action are clear. Until indisputably clear military action has been taken against the US, no one will be happy with preemptive action.
Roosevelt knew this and maneuvered Japan into attacking by cutting off their oil supplies.GWB just had to learn the hard way what FDR already knew.
A democracy has to be attacked and in clear, dire peril before it can go to war. At least that is what I’d like to see the professor address.
That’s BS!
You forget 9/11?
We all cheered when the bombs fell for vengeance of that day.
Every. Single. American.