tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19184418.post116607448952773192..comments2024-03-09T22:15:04.984-08:00Comments on Global Paradigms: George Packer: Bring in the social scientistsLeon Hadarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07074306142674999554noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19184418.post-1166270533006782182006-12-16T04:02:00.000-08:002006-12-16T04:02:00.000-08:00Good post, Dr. Hadar. I think Packer's article is ...Good post, Dr. Hadar. I think Packer's article is badly written. By "information" he means politics and communication. He continues to use the term "war on terror" which is misleading, worse than useless. He does not discuss the biggest problem the US government has in playing global politics - its support for Israel.health editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938088862389614077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19184418.post-1166203498120485052006-12-15T09:24:00.000-08:002006-12-15T09:24:00.000-08:00I've been wondering. If "neoconservatives" are lib...I've been wondering. If "neoconservatives" are liberals who were mugged by reality, what will we be calling neoconservatives who've been mugged by reality?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19184418.post-1166077496393052732006-12-13T22:24:00.000-08:002006-12-13T22:24:00.000-08:00God. More basic than irony, maybe he should just ...God. More basic than irony, maybe he should just question why he feels a compulsion to romanticize violence. The old "green beret", "commando" mystique. Like sending these guys around the world picking fights with dozens of separate groups is going to make us more popular. <BR/><BR/>The military and CIA turned to all kinds of social scientists during Vietnam. So it's not a new or outrageous idea. But it didn't, you know, work. Even the amazing powers of social "scientists" can't convince people they like a foreign military running around shooting people in their country.<BR/><BR/>MQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com