If The Us Were To Attack North

There Is No Body Of Theory Or Significant Body Of Relevant Information, Beyond The Comprehension Of The Layman, Which Makes Policy Immune From Criticism.

We Have To Remember That Literally Within Months After Castro's Taking Office The Planes From Florida Were Beginning To Bomb Cuba. Within A Year, The Eisenhower Administration Secretly, But Formally, Decided To Overthrow The Government. Then Came The Bay Of Pigs Invasion. The Kennedy Administration Was Furious About The Failure Of The Invasion And Immediately Launched A Major Terrorist War And Economic War That Got Harsher Through The Years. Under These Conditions It Is Kind Of Amazing That Cuba Survived.

It's A Mistake To Suppose That Capacities Must Evolve Gradually. There Are Many Known Examples Of Sharp Changes - Slight Genetic Modification That Yields Substantial Phenotypic Effects, And Much Else.

The Fact Of The Matter Is That The U.s. Is Run By An Unusually Class-conscious, Dedicated Business Class That Has A Very Violent Labor History, Much Worse Than In Europe.

It Is Not That I Am Not A Fan Of American Exceptionalism. That Is Like Saying I Am Not A Fan Of The Moon Being Made Out Of Green Cheese - It Does Not Exist. Powerful States Have Quite Typically Considered Themselves To Be Exceptionally Magnificent, And The United States Is No Exception To That. The Basis For It Is Not Very Substantial To Put It Politely.