[GPSCC-chat] monthly discussion re: Iran and Syria.

[Wes Rolley]

On 8/21/2012 6:03 PM, John Thielking wrote:
> Additional items for the agenda:
> 1) We need to be sure to have our monthly discussion re: Iran and Syria.

This discussion is important, but I think that it needs to be understood 
as part of a wider context, that of the "Drift" of American policy 
toward increased militarism.

You may wonder why I put the word "Drift" in quotes.  It is the title of 
a book by Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) that chronicles the changes in or 
attitude toward the use of the military from the days when Pres. Madison 
did not like the idea of a permanent standing army through the most 
recent times of Vietnam, Regan's use of the military in Grenada and then 
the wars with Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. "Drift" is available from the 
Santa Clara County Library system where the wait list is generally 
shorter than the number of copies available. Yeah, that is a 
recommendation to read it.

I also would consider the relative importance of this subject and the 
long range implication of making it the center of Green advocacy.  But 
that is the subject of another post which I will send a bit later today.