No, I do not like how things work. That’s because I KNOW how things work. It’s doing them, at the expense of your humanity that concern me.

Remember, your life is just a fleeting moment in time. All you have his your conscience in the end.

You pull the trigger; you’ve been trained to do so. Just make sure you use words like “enemy,” “target,” and “sector” so it will make you feel better.

The comment regarding WWII comparisons wasn’t because I wasn’t aware of what world we live in today (effect of WWII). But that you keep implying that *just like WWII” we will rearrange the Middle East the same way. And that I disagree with.

Note that I can always say that the Civil War effected your life you life today. Just as the American revolution did. In a word. Duh! It’s all connected. But to use comparison of WWII to the situation in the Middle East is foolish. They are not the same.

You reaffirmed MY POINT in the rest of you post when you referred to ways the Pentagon has been changed as well as the State Dept. and Homeland Security. That was my point. WWII analogies are not appropriate.

Thomas P.M. Barnett’s PowerPoint Presentations are very familiar to me. And his points are very important! But the question is what and how to do? His ideas are valid in that there are dangers. But his views on what to do about them are not as valid as he believed before.

Don’t believe me. Watch the interviews (CSPAN, Booknotes, Washington Journal and Charlie Rose) of Barnett in 2003 and then compare them to today’s interviews. He’s changed his recommendations. He’s much less sure of his recommendations. He’s not as gung-ho as you make him out to be. Not like he used to be. He knows that his old plans are not sustainable. I do not consider Barnett a radical. I like his demeanor. He even is very careful to not associate himself too much with this administration. I do consider him a public servant (even if he’s a private citizen now) regardless of who is in office.

economic hit men
26th February 2006

raghu, this post is especially for you. http://www.radioopensource.org/economic-hit-men/ let’s not debate the merits of capitalism and if it’s just the execution that’s the [...]

I don’t know if you need say more, but obviously you would like to close off the opportunity for any discussion or at least cut out any voices that dissent with your opinion.

I agree with your point about the need for a show on NGOs and their grass-roots efforts. Also, expressing a disbelief of Mr. Perkins story is fine. But to label anyone who is against the harsher side of globalism as “know-nothings” just shows a lack of thoughtfulness on your part.

Chris, why do you give a platform to people like this? I appreciate that you showed a good bit of scepticism, but really, aren’t there more thoughtful and intelligent people that you can bring onboard to discuss international aid and development? Think of the thousands of NGOs that are actively doing good micro lending who would die for a little publicity. Instead you put on a silly man peddling tripe to the throngs of anti-globalism “know-nothings”. I picture him in his butterfly costume dancing in the streets of Seattle or Genova or wherever the next G-8 convenes.

Hollywood is making a movie of this mush. Need I say more?!