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To: Ron who wrote (241771)	9/2/2013 4:39:16 PM
From: Sultan	Respond to of 362366

In "The Sociology of Imperialism," Joseph Schumpeter wrote of the Roman Empire’s suicidal interventionism: "There was no corner of the known world where some interest was not alleged to be in danger or under actual attack. If the interests were not Roman, they were those of Rome’s allies; and if Rome had no allies, then allies would be invented. When it was utterly impossible to contrive an interest – why, then it was the national honour that had been insulted."

To: Ron who wrote (241771)	9/3/2013 12:09:32 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 362366

"Don't Just Sit there, Bomb Something" Good idea. I'm gonna jump right up, drive to town and get bombed at Boomer's Bar. L'chaim. Isn't this called "taking the law into your own hands"? "Major actors in the international community, such as it is, value the institutions that embody it, the U.N., the U.N. Charter, and international law, to none of which the U.S. has deferred, except highly selectively, since our Kosovo intervention with NATO in October 1998. Fifteen years of selective adherence to treaties and laws greatly detract from the credibility of our claim now to be acting to enforce the Geneva Convention of 1929 in Syria, especially when the “international community” as well as the Arab League and our own allies have declined to authorize us to do so. "