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Nation building by military force is not a coherent, defensible policy, says conservative political scientist
Political scientist James L. Payne wrote:
Political scientist James L. Payne wrote:
* The nation-building idea has a critical, generally overlooked, gap: who knows how to do it? Pundits and presidents talk about nation building as if it were a settled technology, like building bridges or removing gall bladders. [http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/article1.html]
* The nation-building idea has a critical, generally overlooked, gap: who knows how to do it? Pundits and presidents talk about nation building as if it were a settled technology, like building bridges or removing gall bladders.
* Nation building by military force is not a coherent, defensible policy. It is based on no theory, it has no proven technique or methodology, and there are no experts who know how to do it. [http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/article1.html]
==Notes==
==Notes==