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He treats American history as a pattern of conflict resolution through war rather than diplomacy.
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WAR Making
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He uses Dick Cheney as the example of a figure who became powerful by mastering logistics, staffing, maintenance, and internal procedure rather than by merely participating in high-level policy debate.
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"Okay. I mean, you can make the argument that, look, the people in power are those who control the money. And, you know, I..."
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"-level policymaking, he was concerned about did the toilet flush properly? Are janitors getting paid properly? So he's really worried about the logistics, the..."
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"...really have a history of diplomacy. It has a history of war making, okay? That's how America usually resolves issues. So given this history,..."
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"...Pope Leo, who would invade against this kind of willy -nilly war making. Fascinating conversation. Thank you both very much. As I said at..."
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"...compulsory education. Why? Because Sparta was first and foremost engaged in war making. Sparta, you've heard of Spartans, right? It's the Spartan warrior. Okay?..."
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"...the greatest military in Europe for centuries. They were engaged in war making as well. Okay, do you understand this? Why we have schools..."
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"...weapons? And resources. How wealthy are you? Okay? Traditionally, we've understood war making. Like, if you're good at war, you will have these three..."
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