http://saysaid.ourpublicsquare.com/view/projection-of-power Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:25:47 GMT What's the rationale behind "diplomacy by other means", and how does that tie in with "just war" theories? Is there any substantial evidence that democracies only very rarely go to war against one another? <p>I came across this in London Review of Books:<br />&#8220;<a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n20/holt01_.html" rel="nofollow">It’s the Oil</a>&#8221;:<br />&#8220;The costs – a few billion dollars a month plus a few dozen American fatalities (a figure which will probably diminish, and which is in any case comparable to the number of US motorcyclists killed because of repealed helmet laws) – are negligible compared to $30 trillion in oil wealth, assured American geopolitical supremacy and cheap gas for voters. In terms of realpolitik, the invasion of Iraq is not a fiasco; it is a resounding success.&#8221;</p> http://saysaid.ourpublicsquare.com/view/projection-of-power#content_13353 http://saysaid.ourpublicsquare.com/view/projection-of-power#content_13353 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:25:47 GMT Ben Tremblay