Sort of. The news out of Russia was already dismal. Sure, there wasn't quite as long track record but even the revolution itself was a gory, bloodthirsty affair that anyone would not want to be associated with if they were true "humanitarians". Perhaps the "idealized manifestation" of communism still held a greater potency in their imaginative minds.
Re-reading my quote, It made it seem like I think the East is largely devoid of academia, which is erroneous. I wanted to emphasize the Middle East and accent that the East's academia was immune to Euro-guilt complexes.
I suspect our largest competition will emerge from China in 50 years. Their education system will probably exceed our own by then, mainly because ours will be so tainted by "politically correct" curriculum.
With our manufacturing base being transplanted everywhere but here, the US will be in pretty bad shape by then, unless some serious big-picture thinking is done by our corporate and governmental leaders - AND by our educators.
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- American Experience - The Berlin Airlift
- Incidentally...
- I remember a Liberal Political Science professor telling me the Berlin Airlift was a complete waste of resourses.
- re: After Communism, religious fanaticism
- I'm not being facetious, but I do want to hear it.
- re: Truman
- ER's Korean theory.
- And Vietnam was different from Korea how?
- Incidentally...