Rus: So she believes that the US adheres to the “Realpolitik” school of thought? I don’t fully disagree, however, I don’t fully agree, either. Lest that sound completely evasive, I would point out that there have been instances where the US has intervened solely for humanitarian reasons and instances where it was driven by national or economic reasons (or both).
I personally admire Otto Von Bismarck’s “Weltpolitik” school of policy (with props to von Bulow and Kaiser Wilhelm II). I also like his adage: “Those wishing to retain respect for either laws or sausages should refrain from watching either being made”. No one like a Prussian to deliver such pithy, trenchant observations, no?
Deutschland uber alles. Don’t forget: As misguided as we occasionally are, there are worse alternatives, and, with all due deference to Mrs. Rustico, it is often a choice between bad and worse. The Soviets were an evil empire and they did seek global domination. We stopped them cold, just as we did Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Warts and all, America remains, on balance, a force for good.
Stay away from that Turkish hashish. It really messes with those Pink Floyd lyrics.
