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This piece makes a great deal of sense to me. However as I think back on my own early years... [MORE]

Shalom Freedman 

Jan 14, 2008 03:46

One explanation for apparent Anglo-Jewish symbiosis may be that lower levels of ethnocentrism among the British and Americans have made... [MORE]

James Russell 

Dec 5, 2007 05:16

The other conjecture that Walter Mead failed to mention that binds the two cultures together is that they've both been... [MORE]

Drumond 

Nov 23, 2007 05:48

I am unable to fathom what is in the mind of the author. He forgets that most wars that were... [MORE]

subramaniam shankar 

Nov 21, 2007 10:43

If Osama Bin Laden and the Iranian leader were wrong about our morality, we could complain about it; but if... [MORE]

Marie Devine 

Nov 20, 2007 12:49

who says public education failed? reading some of the comments here show that our educational system succeeded completely, if you... [MORE]

warren bacon 

Nov 25, 2007 15:07

Let us reflect on the beginning. We have explorers that date back to the 1500's. We have the Moors and... [MORE]

Anne-Marie Arthur-Askling 

Nov 20, 2007 10:08

It is quiet interesting to see how ideas are borrowed, within the world of research and outside. Within the world of... [MORE]

lilian 

Nov 17, 2007 16:04

Ever since I was a kid , terrorist have been attacking us and ALWAYS have said it was because of... [MORE]

Dale Legan 

Nov 17, 2007 14:01

Mr. Mead comes off as Churchill without the charm here - his 'Anglo-Judaic synthesis' sounds like something that might emerge... [MORE]

Patrick Kennedy 

Nov 16, 2007 17:13

"And as for the bragging about Britain and America's success in war, let's just say you guys chose your friends... [MORE]

dan 

Nov 16, 2007 23:03

"Major land powers? Not so much on your own. Napoleon and Hitler both came a cropper in Russia - without... [MORE]

Tom Perkins 

Nov 18, 2007 02:51

Sorry Patrick, Stalin only fought a single front war. We had to fight on 3 fronts. Europe, Africa and the Pacific.... [MORE]

Dennis D 

Nov 19, 2007 07:24

Nukes would have worked, but not American armies. The notions of personal liberty that made America rich and technologically advanced have... [MORE]

Patrick Kennedy 

Feb 17, 2008 12:43

When it came to the actual fighting, WWII was a war between Germany and her allies and Russia and her... [MORE]

Patrick Kennedy 

Feb 17, 2008 12:54

On second thought, without Stalin they would never have got ashore. Sea Lion would proceeded to conclusion in 1941. The big... [MORE]

Patrick Kennedy 

Feb 17, 2008 15:34

Your point is true, though banal, but your history is hopelessly muddled. In the late 19th Century, the world was perfectly... [MORE]

Kip Watson 

Nov 16, 2007 17:02

Yours does. Because where it isn't simplified to the point of absurdity, it's just plain flat-out wrong. Where do you think... [MORE]

Slappy Joe 

Nov 16, 2007 21:31

"the world was perfectly justified to fear and resent British and European imperialism"... Having read much of the history of these... [MORE]

dan 

Nov 16, 2007 22:53

The French continuation of the Classical Liberal movement in political economy in fact began its own abnegation. It is a... [MORE]

Tom Perkins 

Nov 18, 2007 02:50

Saying the natives were lucky to be ruled by Britain for a reasonable length of time takes a fairly long... [MORE]

Patrick Kennedy 

Feb 17, 2008 13:16

The author is incorrect about the Brits losing only one war since 1688. They did lose in two wars with... [MORE]

Michol 

Nov 16, 2007 16:18

It should be noted that the main British strategy in 1814 was to gain as much land south even to... [MORE]

Dr. Thomas C. LaMar 

Jan 30, 2008 22:32

Right now, we have two major problems: 1) The intolerant are intolerant of tolerance. 2) The tolerant are tolerant of intolerance. As an... [MORE]

Dr. Ellen 

Nov 16, 2007 13:28

Will China, the next great rival to Anglo-American-Canadian-ANZAK exceptionalism, recognize a distinction between Jews and Christians, the way the Europeans... [MORE]

G. Clarke 

Nov 16, 2007 12:04

Since the establishment of the Hydraulic Civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, the Ruling Strata of Civilized Society have utilized the Society's... [MORE]

Cloaude Bogardus 

Nov 16, 2007 09:44