The Truth Is Sometimes A Poor Competitor

Anyone Who Has Ever Studied The History Of American Diplomacy, Especially Military Diplomacy, Knows That You Might Start In A War With Certain Things On Your Mind As A Purpose Of What You Are Doing, But In The End, You Found Yourself Fighting For Entirely Different Things That You Had Never Thought Of Before. In Other Words, War Has A Momentum Of Its Own And It Carries You Away From All Thoughtful Intentions When You Get Into It. Today, If We Went Into Iraq, Like The President Would Like Us To Do, You Know Where You Begin. You Never Know Where You Are Going To End.

The Russian Leaders Are Keen Judges Of Human Psychology, And As Such They Are Highly Conscious That Loss Of Temper And Of Self-control Is Never A Source Of Strength In Political Affairs.

We Are, If Territory And Population Be Looked At Together, One Of The Great Countries Of The World - A Monster Country, One Might Say, Along With Others Such As China, India, The Recent Soviet Union, And Brazil. And There Is A Real Question As To Whether "bigness" In A Body Politic Is Not An Evil In Itself, Quite Aside From The Policies Pursued In Its Name.

There Is More Respect To Be Won In The Opinion Of This World By A Resolute And Courageous Liquidation Of Unsound Positions Than By The Most Stubborn Pursuit Of Extravagant Or Unpromising Objectives.

Actually, The Inability Of Any Society To Resist Immigration, The Inability To Find Other Solutions To The Problem Of Employment At The Lower, More Physical, And Menial Levels Of The Economic Process, Is A Serious Weakness, And Possibly Even A Fatal One, In Any National Society. The Fully Healthy Society Would Find Ways To Meet Those Needs Out Of Its Own Resources.