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Created page with "Although Schleiffen didn't live to see his plan executed, there's an important lesson to be learned from German military planners ij the 19th century and during World War I. W..."
Although Schleiffen didn't live to see his plan executed, there's an important lesson to be learned from German military planners ij the 19th century and during World War I. We saw this lesson abandoned by [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] during the [[Libyan War]], the lead up to the [[Syrian War]], and now it dominates the division between Trump and the [[Deep State]]ers. The lesson is very simple: whils military planning and contingencies are an ongoing process, 24/7 in peacetime, at much expense, requiring continuous drill, testing, and updating, this effort and expense can never used to drive foreign policy decision making.
The Hillary Clinton Doctrine of Smart Power was all based on the idea we had 'smart bombs' and technological edge in so many areas, why not use it to achieve some ideological end? Allowing military thinking to drive diplomacy and foreign policy is the lesson of two centuries of German militarism. Combat readiness, and the temptation to use it, is the challenge democratic leadership faces. Sarkozy, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Cameron all fell guilty to the same war crimes Hitler and the Kaiser were guilty of.
The Hillary Clinton Doctrine of Smart Power was all based on the idea we had 'smart bombs' and technological edge in so many areas, why not use it to achieve some ideological end? Allowing military thinking to drive diplomacy and foreign policy is the lesson of two centuries of German militarism. Combat readiness, and the temptation to use it, is the challenge democratic leadership faces. Sarkozy, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Cameron all fell guilty to the same war crimes Hitler and the Kaiser were guilty of.