First, the British in the late-nineteenth century, in defense of the British Empire and as part of their “white man’s burden’ of bringing civilization to the world. Now, it is the U.S. in the 21st century as part of closure to the ‘War On Terror’ against the U.S. and as part of the lead-nation to the U.N. peace-keepers and as part of the world’s ‘nation-builders’. When are either or both nations going to learn the lessons incumbent upon them that ‘blood and treasure’ is the ultimate price, but who, among the world’s peoples, care, or, care enough ? ? ?
First, the British in the late-nineteenth century, in defense of the British Empire and as part of their “white man’s burden’ of bringing civilization to the world. Now, it is the U.S. in the 21st century as part of closure to the ‘War On Terror’ against the U.S. and as part of the lead-nation to the U.N. peace-keepers and as part of the world’s ‘nation-builders’. When are either or both nations going to learn the lessons incumbent upon them that ‘blood and treasure’ is the ultimate price, but who, among the world’s peoples, care, or, care enough ? ? ?