War Reasons Quotes
Podharetz was citing the Vietnam war. The two American occasions where the plausibility seemed to fade were the Vietnam War and The Irag war. Both Presidents Lyndon Baines Johnson and George W. Bush as Bismarck predicted, had much political trouble over the wars.
The Type I thinker—one whose intuition is dominant—tends not to be conscious of the mental processes which go into his decision making. He does not analyze and ruminate as the Type II thinker does. See {625103}.
Steward, then a retired Army PR man, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, was concerned that Kuwait a wealthy oil country controlled by a small royal family, grossly undemocratic, where women could not even vote, would not be a cause that Americans would be willing to suffer causalities over. He was unaware at the time but a huge campaign, much of it fraudulent, was being orchestrated by the giant PR firm of Hill & Knowlton. That together with the low casualties and the real atrocities that the Iraqis committed, carried the day.
Al-Alusi attended an anti-terrorism conference in Israel. He was arrested by conservatives who cited a law passed under the Hussein regime prohibiting any contact with Israelis. However, he was immediately released citing the new freedom of Iraqis to travel anywhere they want and meet with whomever they want.
