Why military intervention does not work out; a strong warning to hawks
Fareed Zakaria on CNN Sunday, October 18, 2015, delivered a strong warning to those who think the definition of American strength , its exceptionalism, and leadership is military intervention. He reviews both the Russian experience and the US since the Eisenhower administration and the resulting disasters, humanitarian, quagmire and occupation and failure then and now as a lesson for the future. He praises Dwight Eisenhower's wisdom for bucking public sentiment for military action.
I strongly agree and those who are rational could agree as well because evidence is based on experience . Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
I yield my posting this week to him.
For his excellent concise comment on the subject, go to http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1510/18/fzgps.01.html
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