tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post4000937362809293608..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: All in the Islamic FamilyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-85709233493932082022011-07-17T13:37:57.670-04:002011-07-17T13:37:57.670-04:00Ed,
It doesn't seem that the Lenin quote is a...Ed,<br /><br />It doesn't seem that the Lenin quote is accurate.<br /><br />http://volokh.com/posts/1225267458.shtml<br /><br />Picking up on something Doug Bandler said in a previous post, one of the Objectivist "open immigration" fanatics told me that Israel was morally obligated to allow millions of Moslems to immigrate and if they vote Israel out of existence, that's the price Israel pays for respecting individual rights.Neil Parillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074901258306769278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-17235283157927208182011-07-16T21:46:21.893-04:002011-07-16T21:46:21.893-04:00C. Andrew: I would have mentioned the Eisenhower d...C. Andrew: I would have mentioned the Eisenhower debacle, which was another instance of an irrational foreign policy, but my focus was on the oil seizures, which began after WWII and the formation of Aramco and other Arab-West "partnerships." I could've also mentioned our alliance with the Soviets during WWII, when they depended wholly on U.S. war material to fight the Nazis, who in turn would have not been able to hold onto those portions of Russia they overran, even if they'd been able to seize the Baku oil fields. The Soviet Union might have collapsed and taken the Nazis with it. There are many dark chapters in American history in the 20th century, and these were sired half by pragmatic policies and half by altruistic ones. <br /><br />EdEdward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-91801869539049307082011-07-16T20:57:48.237-04:002011-07-16T20:57:48.237-04:00The research you put into each of these articles n...The research you put into each of these articles never fails to amaze me, Ed. Thank you!<br /><br />TeresaTeresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03825599895116548191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-34200733386592353212011-07-16T20:42:48.067-04:002011-07-16T20:42:48.067-04:00The physical rope is the oil-production capacity w...<i>The physical rope is the oil-production capacity which the barbarians nationalized (pioneered by Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, which then helped to form OPEC in 1960), which the West refrained from reclaiming.</i><br /><br />I think that the most immediate historical sanction that opened the road to the wave of third world nationalization was Eisenhower's response to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_crisis" rel="nofollow">Suez Crisis.</a> Israel, France and Britain were morally correct in their actions; Nasser nationalized the canal because the US refused to build the Aswan dam for him at taxpayer expense given his Soviet ties. The three western nations moved to rectify that theft. <br /><br />They were militarily successful in doing so but Eisenhower, afraid to express public opposition for fear of losing the American Jewish vote, used IMF and other QUANGO's to punish the British and force their withdrawal. <br /><br />I think that Eisenhower has as much culpability in the wave of nationalizations that followed as Jimmy Carter did the Iran sponsored terrorism that followed from his foreign policy inanities. Eisenhower cleared the way for 7th century primitives to economically blackmail 20th century nations with stolen productive capacities. I think we need a version of the "Prime Directive" and NOT for the benefit of the technologically backward. <br /><br />c. andrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com