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...other words, we have to counteract the age-old Harvard attempt to glorify its professors and debase (at least in relative terms) its students...
...must call attention once again to that age-old lesson: that appeasement of aggression does not pay. We have to stand up to these things," Secretary of State George P. Shultz declared. We must address the aggressor in terms he can respect and change his mind. Force is the antidote to aggression...
...age-old lesson" is said to guide U.S. policy in a different time and place, against a different form of aggression. In the war against terrorism, faith in deterrence is delusion. Judging from his history, Moammar Khadafy will not be intimidated. The greater likelihood is that waving the mailed Western fist over Libya will inflame anti-American passions and inspire an escalation of Arab terrorism. Where the populace perceives America as the evil aggressor, civilian casualties and piles of rubble only confirm the hostility...
Although recently the age-old rule has fallen by the wayside, it was rigorously adhered to as late as the 1920s...
...taking a critical look at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In theory, the JCS is supposed to allow the Chiefs of the four services (the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines) to come together to shape military strategy. In fact, the Joint Chiefs have been unable to overcome age-old service rivalries. Explains Nunn: "They are called upon to do an almost impossible task--to represent their own services' viewpoint but simultaneously to sacrifice that view to the greater common good." Reforming the JCS has gained increasing backing on the Hill and from former top military officials...