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gmat · 03-13-2003, 10:54 AM

You got the global picture. Is this a slippery slope argument ? Definitely.

"we have NOT historically used our forces to conquer other countries and build an empire" -> it's not exact. Ask Mr Henry Kissinger, who knows a lot more than anyone else about that (he still holds information that judges would like to hear, but he said he would only talk to country leaders).
Things are a bit more subtle now than before 1945. The Cold War changed a lot of playing cards in hands of superpowers. There's a good book by M. Gorbatchev if you want to know the Russian point of view. There are many good reads from the USA, and even some movies ("Nixon" comes to mind for a few quotes, and some movies on South America as well). For the USA point of view there are some ex-CIA agents who spoke up as well, but they held a lot of information... Also there are the US public archives, a real gold mine, and the best of it is they declassify a lot of things from the 50's and 60's right now.

03-13-2003, 10:54 AM	#112
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	You got the global picture. Is this a slippery slope argument ? Definitely. "we have NOT historically used our forces to conquer other countries and build an empire" -> it's not exact. Ask Mr Henry Kissinger, who knows a lot more than anyone else about that (he still holds information that judges would like to hear, but he said he would only talk to country leaders). Things are a bit more subtle now than before 1945. The Cold War changed a lot of playing cards in hands of superpowers. There's a good book by M. Gorbatchev if you want to know the Russian point of view. There are many good reads from the USA, and even some movies ("Nixon" comes to mind for a few quotes, and some movies on South America as well). For the USA point of view there are some ex-CIA agents who spoke up as well, but they held a lot of information... Also there are the US public archives, a real gold mine, and the best of it is they declassify a lot of things from the 50's and 60's right now.