An interview with Ralph Peters
"If You Cannot Be Loved, Be Feared"
Q: Why has world opinion been so hostile to America's role in Iraq?A: I won't do BBC interviews any more because they're so anti-American. I think the British press can't get over Graham Greene, basically. I think the Russians are simply embarrassed, because they can't even do Chechnya. The French can't pull off a minor intervention like the Ivory Coast. So there is a tendency to jump to conclusions about the war.
I think this guy has some great insights and commentary on the war in Iraq. I don't agree with him that the U.S. is the "new Rome", at least not as a pure analogy. In terms of power, yes, but hopefully not in how we use that power or our downfall because of it being corrupted.
It's nice to see him say, "the technology that worked best was not the flashy strategic stuff, but the enhanced battlefield communications that permitted the Army, Air Force, and Marines to talk to each other. Close air support in Iraq, for example, worked better than it has before." That's the kind of impact I want to have in my work.
My question is why we believe that the world's opinion really IS hostile? After all, we get that idea from the MEDIA, which is hostile to begin with and doesn't exactly look for the non-hostile point of view.
I think my Mother In Law had the right idea about television. (1)The moon landing was fake, and (2)It's amazing how they get the Meow Mix to go back UP into the bag. In other words...you can't tell what to believe. Why bother?