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The Arrogance of Power Revived
The Arrogance of Power Revived by Lawrence S. Wittner 729 words In April 1966, Senator J.W. Fulbright, Chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, gave a remarkable and highly-publicized speech at Johns Hopkins University, condemning the U.S. role in the Vietnam War. Warning of “the arrogance of power,” Fulbright argued that “we are not living
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America in Retreat
America in Retreat by Mel Gurtov 986 words An Appalling Display Imagine that during World War II, at the height of Nazi Germany’s blitz of Britain, President Roosevelt invited PM Winston Churchill to Washington and humiliated him with derisive comments about Britain’s looming defeat and failure to thank the President for US support. Unthinkable, of
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Do We Need an Enemy to Know Ourselves?
Orwell, enemy, evil, Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, Jon Rainwater Do We Need an Enemy to Know Ourselves? by Robert C. Koehler 1030 words “The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible.” The words are from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (where else?), explaining the root causes