1. ...Earlier this year former President Carter sent President Trump a letter with some advice about managing the U.S.-China relationship. Carter oversaw the normalization of diplomatic relations between the countries 40 years ago.
And on Saturday evening, Trump called Carter to talk about it. It was the first time they’d spoken, Carter said. He said Trump said he is particularly concerned about how China is “getting ahead of us.”....
He called the United States “the most warlike nation in the history of the world,” because of a tendency to try to force others to “adopt our American principles.”.....
2. If other people called the US “the most warlike nation in the history of the world”, American nationalists would cry foul and regard it as disinformation or "fake news". However, this unflattering description of America did not come from the mouth of an imaginary enemy but the nation’s longest-living president.
There is a Chinese saying, "If you go to a mountain too often, you will encounter a tiger." The US has experienced its share of military successes over the years, but its armed forces have also suffered some terrible setbacks.
Trump's plans to meet at Camp David with the Taliban showed his desperation to extricate the US from its longest war as Afghanistan could turn into another Vietnam for America. Despite some terrible setbacks, it won't be an exaggeration to say that the US will continue to fish in troubled waters and maintain its excellent track record as “the most warlike nation in the history of the world”.
America can never learn its lesson.
And on Saturday evening, Trump called Carter to talk about it. It was the first time they’d spoken, Carter said. He said Trump said he is particularly concerned about how China is “getting ahead of us.”....
He called the United States “the most warlike nation in the history of the world,” because of a tendency to try to force others to “adopt our American principles.”.....
2. If other people called the US “the most warlike nation in the history of the world”, American nationalists would cry foul and regard it as disinformation or "fake news". However, this unflattering description of America did not come from the mouth of an imaginary enemy but the nation’s longest-living president.
There is a Chinese saying, "If you go to a mountain too often, you will encounter a tiger." The US has experienced its share of military successes over the years, but its armed forces have also suffered some terrible setbacks.
Trump's plans to meet at Camp David with the Taliban showed his desperation to extricate the US from its longest war as Afghanistan could turn into another Vietnam for America. Despite some terrible setbacks, it won't be an exaggeration to say that the US will continue to fish in troubled waters and maintain its excellent track record as “the most warlike nation in the history of the world”.
America can never learn its lesson.
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