Edited by Lydia Dallett
Considering the Closed Mind in History
Published in Thawra Al Wehda
(Syria) on 28 June 2012
by Iskander Louka (link to original)
(Syria) on 28 June 2012
by Iskander Louka (link to original)
Translated from
by Amy Stoller.
Edited by .
Sometimes we find that the minds inside the heads of some American officials are still as closed as they were in former times, and we wonder why.
When searching for the reasons for this, we discover that they didn’t grasp the changes that have affected and pervaded the world moment by moment.
These minds remain closed for years, resulting, for the time being, in an identical situation and leading eventually to what we would call a pathology of close-mindedness. This is transmitted by these close-minded people to those around them and those who come after them, as we can explain by citing an example from contemporary history.
Hence, the world must face now and then the consequences of this catastrophe that damaged governance in many parts of the globe.
We saw the dangers of close-mindedness in the events that ran amok during the life of former American president, Richard Nixon. In the Vietnam War, for example, when Nixon considered the future of the war, he believed God was with America and that God wanted America to lead the world. Even in practice, President Nixon did not avoid such logic, considering Jews in the present day, like Jews in ancient times, as chosen to lead the whole world, including the American people. Americans across the spectrum would depend on the will of the World Zionist Organization, as we have heard and seen.
Naturally, President Nixon had forgotten or ignored the fact that policy should be based on the real facts on the ground above all. This was particularly true in the type of war that took place in Vietnam, the kind of war that you start and cannot put an end to, not only in theory but in practice, no matter what you see or want. Vietnam was a setback for American policy, where they were defeated in the face of a popular resistance that cemented the people’s triumph over their enemies, regardless of the imbalance of military force and [despite the fact that] the Americans were heavily armed and the Vietnamese were barefoot.
The pages of history always confirm the theory that right is might, rather than might being right, as Machiavelli said in his book, “The Prince.”
When searching for the reasons for this, we discover that they didn’t grasp the changes that have affected and pervaded the world moment by moment.
These minds remain closed for years, resulting, for the time being, in an identical situation and leading eventually to what we would call a pathology of close-mindedness. This is transmitted by these close-minded people to those around them and those who come after them, as we can explain by citing an example from contemporary history.
Hence, the world must face now and then the consequences of this catastrophe that damaged governance in many parts of the globe.
We saw the dangers of close-mindedness in the events that ran amok during the life of former American president, Richard Nixon. In the Vietnam War, for example, when Nixon considered the future of the war, he believed God was with America and that God wanted America to lead the world. Even in practice, President Nixon did not avoid such logic, considering Jews in the present day, like Jews in ancient times, as chosen to lead the whole world, including the American people. Americans across the spectrum would depend on the will of the World Zionist Organization, as we have heard and seen.
Naturally, President Nixon had forgotten or ignored the fact that policy should be based on the real facts on the ground above all. This was particularly true in the type of war that took place in Vietnam, the kind of war that you start and cannot put an end to, not only in theory but in practice, no matter what you see or want. Vietnam was a setback for American policy, where they were defeated in the face of a popular resistance that cemented the people’s triumph over their enemies, regardless of the imbalance of military force and [despite the fact that] the Americans were heavily armed and the Vietnamese were barefoot.
The pages of history always confirm the theory that right is might, rather than might being right, as Machiavelli said in his book, “The Prince.”
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