tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post2104437564161439755..comments2023-11-17T03:55:40.736-05:00Comments on Ink Spots: A telling headline: Defense and foreign policyLilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-16597009822921836182011-11-12T03:16:37.735-05:002011-11-12T03:16:37.735-05:00I'd be curious how much of purported shift - f...I'd be curious how much of purported shift - from a multidimensional view of statecraft to one focused principally on military power - is material (the military simply has far more resources than other actors - see Priest, The Mission) or ideational (it simply becomes accepted that the military is to be the preferred solution to problems of statecraft, just as, say, it simply became accepted that the presidency rather than Congress was to be the primary actor of the three branches of government).<br /><br />ADTSADTSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-72072782555465770062011-11-07T19:46:53.995-05:002011-11-07T19:46:53.995-05:00You're absolutely right. All of our foreign po...You're absolutely right. All of our foreign policy moves, hell, even our domestic "response" to terrorism, have been dictated or directly influenced by defense policy. It's pretty screwed up.Jasonhttp://armchairgeneralist.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com