Note to the "ladder of force left"

[Carl Remick]

>Thiago Oppermann wrote:
>
>>If I was feeling particularly bold, I'd say the US prefers the cold
>>calculation of using violence, terrible as it is and likely to invoke
>>terrible retribution, than the uncertainty of pursuing the novel course
>>of negotiating and compromising. Elites hate uncertainty.
>
>It's not just that - I think that U.S. war planners know that the
>empire is sustained through extravagant displays of violence -
>excessive, out of all proportion to the stimulus. For every whisker
>of Uncle Sam's that's tweaked, hundreds must die.
>
>Doug

Then I don't understand why you condone or call for "considerable use of 
force," since application of US force is guaranteed to be "out of all 
proportion to the stimulus."

Carl

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