Comments on: False Messiahs http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2010/01/08/false-messiahs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=false-messiahs 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 By: conradg http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2010/01/08/false-messiahs/comment-page-1/#comment-34863 conradg Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:42:20 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10481#comment-34863 I liked Avatar a lot more than I expected to, including the story, which was rather predictable but still emotionally sympathetic. My only problem is with the notion that these kinds of things can end so well and relatively easily. They seldom do. I hear Cameron is going to make two more sequels now that this one has proved successful, and I hope he brings out some of the complications of imagining that an insurgency can be won so easily, and so purely. I liked Avatar a lot more than I expected to, including the story, which was rather predictable but still emotionally sympathetic. My only problem is with the notion that these kinds of things can end so well and relatively easily. They seldom do. I hear Cameron is going to make two more sequels now that this one has proved successful, and I hope he brings out some of the complications of imagining that an insurgency can be won so easily, and so purely.

]]> By: Grumpy Old Man http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2010/01/08/false-messiahs/comment-page-1/#comment-34860 Grumpy Old Man Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:58:29 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10481#comment-34860 Randy Newman has this one: <blockquote>We give them money-but are they grateful? No, they're spiteful and they're hateful They don't respect us-so let's surprise them We'll drop the big one and pulverize them.</blockquote> Randy Newman has this one:

We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they’re spiteful and they’re hateful
They don’t respect us-so let’s surprise them
We’ll drop the big one and pulverize them.

]]> By: pxk161 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2010/01/08/false-messiahs/comment-page-1/#comment-34859 pxk161 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:34:13 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10481#comment-34859 Hey Daniel. I've been a fan of your blog for a while. You've really influenced my thinking on US foreign policy. You brought up issues in this post that I wish you'd blog about more. You mention poor governance and slow economic development. So should we be spending less time/money on development aid and international treaties? Are you opposed to, e.g., the Millennium Challenge Corporation? How about international treaties like Kyoto and the Montreal Protocol? Based on your writing, I believe that if you had your way we would tone down our rhetoric on Iran, Honduras and Georgia, withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, remove troops from Germany, etc. Would you also slash the budget of USAID and withdraw from Copenhagen? Along those lines, the US is involved in several inter-governmental science organizations (I play a small role in one myself). Do we abandon or restrict such efforts in your ideal world? Thanks. Praj Hey Daniel.

I’ve been a fan of your blog for a while. You’ve really influenced my thinking on US foreign policy. You brought up issues in this post that I wish you’d blog about more. You mention poor governance and slow economic development.

So should we be spending less time/money on development aid and international treaties? Are you opposed to, e.g., the Millennium Challenge Corporation? How about international treaties like Kyoto and the Montreal Protocol?

Based on your writing, I believe that if you had your way we would tone down our rhetoric on Iran, Honduras and Georgia, withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, remove troops from Germany, etc. Would you also slash the budget of USAID and withdraw from Copenhagen? Along those lines, the US is involved in several inter-governmental science organizations (I play a small role in one myself). Do we abandon or restrict such efforts in your ideal world?

Thanks.
Praj

]]> By: Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » We are Pandorans now http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2010/01/08/false-messiahs/comment-page-1/#comment-34849 Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » We are Pandorans now Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:17:54 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10481#comment-34849 [...] Daniel Larison has an interesting take on the neocons’ inexplicable War Against Avatar (Bobo; J-Pod). I don’t agree with all of it, but as usual, he makes some interesting points: [...] [...] Daniel Larison has an interesting take on the neocons’ inexplicable War Against Avatar (Bobo; J-Pod). I don’t agree with all of it, but as usual, he makes some interesting points: [...]

]]> By: BarryD http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2010/01/08/false-messiahs/comment-page-1/#comment-34844 BarryD Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:32:58 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10481#comment-34844 "...Westerners, and it was the Serbs’ status as European Christians that made them ideal as a target of intervention." Nah, it was the fact that they were the dirtyest side in a war. Please note that the Coats, last I heard, were also Christian. “…Westerners, and it was the Serbs’ status as European Christians that made them ideal as a target of intervention.”

Nah, it was the fact that they were the dirtyest side in a war.
Please note that the Coats, last I heard, were also Christian.

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