10/20/2011, "The Lost Decade," Angelo M. Codevilla, Claremont.org
(Remainder of Dr. Codevilla's essay at Claremont.org. I couldn't get it to copy and paste).
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The Lost Decade
The Lost
Ten
years after 9/11, America is not at peace, is poorer, less civil, and
less hopeful. But the experts are in charge as never before. - See more
at:
http://www.claremont.org/index.php?act=crbArticle&id=319#.U_qziWNBYn0
Ten
years after 9/11, America is not at peace, is poorer, less civil, and
less hopeful. But the experts are in charge as never before.
In the American political marketplace of 2012, the American ruling class's stock is at a historic low. President Obama and nearly all who vie to replace him try to disassociate themselves from the decisions of the past decade. So do most of our elites. But since none explains and accuses his own errors, it is by no means clear whether any have learned from their mistakes. More important is what the rest of the country may or may not have learned. For us to understand how these mostly intelligent people could have made errors so big for so long requires understanding the principles they violated, and the moral as well as the intellectual dimensions of their errors. More difficult yet, both intellectually and morally, is the essential task of explaining the hard choices that will be required to deal with the troubles bequeathed us by this decade of defeat.
- See more at: http://www.claremont.org/index.php?act=crbArticle&id=319#.U_qziWNBYn0
In the American political marketplace of 2012, the American ruling class's stock is at a historic low. President Obama and nearly all who vie to replace him try to disassociate themselves from the decisions of the past decade. So do most of our elites. But since none explains and accuses his own errors, it is by no means clear whether any have learned from their mistakes. More important is what the rest of the country may or may not have learned. For us to understand how these mostly intelligent people could have made errors so big for so long requires understanding the principles they violated, and the moral as well as the intellectual dimensions of their errors. More difficult yet, both intellectually and morally, is the essential task of explaining the hard choices that will be required to deal with the troubles bequeathed us by this decade of defeat.
- See more at: http://www.claremont.org/index.php?act=crbArticle&id=319#.U_qziWNBYn0
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