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DifferentDrummr said:
Not until you answer the question.
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Then we're at an impasse because I won't engage with a poster who won't support his claim. This is not an interview where you ask and I answer. The first word in the name of this site is "Debate." You advanced a claim; support it or withdraw.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
Not until you answer the question.
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I'm gonna take that as a "no", you don't have any evidence to support your contention that hate and fear drove US foreign policy with regard to containment. If you had any, you'd have offered it before now. Our foreign policy is dictated by preferred outcomes. One starts with the most desirable outcome, and then describes the circumstances required that would lead to such an outcome. It's intended to be an exhaustive process, and high powered emotions don't enter into it.
 
humbolt said:
I'm gonna take that as a "no", you don't have any evidence to support your contention that hate and fear drove US foreign policy with regard to containment. If you had any, you'd have offered it before now. Our foreign policy is dictated by preferred outcomes. One starts with the most desirable outcome, and then describes the circumstances required that would lead to such an outcome. It's intended to be an exhaustive process, and high powered emotions don't enter into it.
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And that's exactly the problem that you and Jack have: you're both thoroughly convinced that US foreign policy always works as it should. You assume perfection where it can't possibly exist.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
And that's exactly the problem that you and Jack have: you're both thoroughly convinced that US foreign policy always works as it should. You assume perfection where it can't possibly exist.
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That could be because both of us have been involved at some level. Nobody claims perfection. Mistakes are made. Decisions aren't made in a vacuum or on the whim of a president. They are made in light of what should be done, what can be done, and what the likely outcome would be. It's what analysts do. No one who offered a proposed course of action based on, "...because I hate them sumbitches", or, "I'm scared to death of 'em" would last a minute in such a position.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
And that's exactly the problem that you and Jack have: you're both thoroughly convinced that US foreign policy always works as it should. You assume perfection where it can't possibly exist.
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I still await your evidence.:waiting:
 
DifferentDrummr said:
And I still await a responsive reply to my question.
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You made the claim. You must support it before anything else happens. #677 repeated for your convenience.

Then we're at an impasse because I won't engage with a poster who won't support his claim. This is not an interview where you ask and I answer. The first word in the name of this site is "Debate." You advanced a claim; support it or withdraw.
 
Jack Hays said:
You made the claim. You must support it before anything else happens. #677 repeated for your convenience.

Then we're at an impasse because I won't engage with a poster who won't support his claim. This is not an interview where you ask and I answer. The first word in the name of this site is "Debate." You advanced a claim; support it or withdraw.
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You know what happens next. I'm waiting, too.
 
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