Comments on: Few people have thought more deeply about the nature of war than McMaster

By: Gaikokumaniakku

Gaikokumaniakku — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:48:43 +0000

"someone who wanted to deeply enquire into war and peace would examine the root causes of war" You might want to read William S. Lind. Also, everyone present might enjoy Lind's recent proposal for free cities as a way to avoid war.

By: FNN

FNN — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:54:55 +0000

John Podhoretz calling for genocide:

@DouthatNYT Thermidor is a good name for that site. Another good name: Liquidate the Kulaks.— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) February 17, 2017

I guess he's joking.

By: FNN

FNN — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:32:17 +0000

He’s also a member of the Russia-hating lobby,and the endorsement from Max Boot makes my skin crawl. Nothing post-Soviet Russia has done (excluding Chechnya-an internal matter)is remotely comparable to what US did to Iraq, Libya and Syria.

By: EoP MILED Clerk

EoP MILED Clerk — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:59:05 +0000

Re: ‘Few have thought more deeply about the nature of war than McMaster’. I would rephrase that as few American soldiers have thought more deeply about the military tactical aspects of maintaining American resource thieving hegemonic war over other nations, than McMaster. When it comes to the conventional mainstream perspective of actual nature of war – a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country – or peace -- a state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended – who is a citizen of a country who has been at war for 224 out of 241 years; I would imagine someone who wanted to deeply enquire into war and peace would examine the root causes of war, ascertaining whether there is sufficient support for abolishing the root causes of war, and if so cooperating to do so; and/or how to restrict organized violence only to those who want to partake in its organized physical violence, I am unaware of whether McMaster has ventured into such intellectual enquiries, related to the ‘nature of war’. Depending on the response from McMaster to Notice re: Accused War Criminals in ICC Complaint: maybe I or we will soon find out. A copy of this correspondence shall be documented at eop-v-wip.tygae.org.za.

By: Anon 12

Anon 12 — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:36:41 +0000

That the neocon (and Israel firster) Max Boot and the traitor John McCain approve of McMaster (but hated General Flynn) is a bad sign, and indicates the neocons are still in control and need to be purged.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:55:22 +0000

On the down side, we now have a number of senior positions occupied by people whose professional careers consisted of fighting our wars in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Africa. They are emotionally invested in these wars and will continue them. What we need is leadership who realizes these wars are unwinnable and who are willing to shut them down.