AMST 2011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Wilsonianism, Militarism, State-Owned Enterprise
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Al qaeda views the u. s. allies as exterminators of muslims thinks the u. s. wants to take over the oil industry in the middle east so they can control the middle east. The u. s. only responds to terrorism based on historical references, this is true, al qaeda spent many years trying to speak to the u. s. government and there was no response. It became a moral obligation to ght, in order to protect all muslims. Logic was to use high forces because it was their own weapon available. United states under attack from radical muslims responds with military force they don"t respond only to force: moral and national obligation to ght. Militarization degree to which society"s institutions, politics, and values are devoted to military power and shaped by war no more intelligent conversations in u. s. government (just bomb, bomb, bomb) Bacevich: speci c leaders don"t necessary do this, this is a long historical/cultural/ political process.
