The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
From Noam Chomsky
Reagan was extreme. Beginning of his administration, one of the first things was to call in scabs - hadn't been done for a long time, and it's illegal in most countries - in the air controller strike.
Government actually grew during the Reagan years.
I didn't pay my taxes for years.
Clinton himself acted in ways which increased the threat of terror.
Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack.
It makes sense for Japan to pursue a more independent role in the world, following Latin America and others in freeing itself from U.S. domination.
The U.S. increasingly has taken on the characteristics of what we describe as 'failed states.'
In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining.
In 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev's willingness to accept Kennedy's hegemonic demands.
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