http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/04/29/jacksonians-and-nationalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jacksonians-and-nationalism n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/04/29/jacksonians-and-nationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-10314 conradg Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:52:03 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/04/29/jacksonians-and-nationalism/#comment-10314 What, exactly, is the difference between initiating a war and supporting its execution? Yes, the southerners and the Scotts-Irish haven't been the movers and shakers who get us into wars, if only because they haven't been movers and shakers at all. But since their support for virtually any war we get into can be counted upon as surely as the sun rising in the east, can't we pretty much say that they are just as responsible for our involvement in foreign wars as any of the "elites"? If the elites couldn't count on their support, but faced actual opposition from them, wouldn't this prevent many such wars from ever being initiated? While they may not be in the drivers seat of the American War Machine, they are certainly a big part of the engine that makes it run. What, exactly, is the difference between initiating a war and supporting its execution? Yes, the southerners and the Scotts-Irish haven’t been the movers and shakers who get us into wars, if only because they haven’t been movers and shakers at all. But since their support for virtually any war we get into can be counted upon as surely as the sun rising in the east, can’t we pretty much say that they are just as responsible for our involvement in foreign wars as any of the “elites”? If the elites couldn’t count on their support, but faced actual opposition from them, wouldn’t this prevent many such wars from ever being initiated? While they may not be in the drivers seat of the American War Machine, they are certainly a big part of the engine that makes it run.

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