Kindle Notes & Highlights
“Q: And neither do you regret having supported Islamic fundamentalism, which has given arms and advice to future terrorists?” “B: What is more important in world history? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some agitated Muslims or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?”
Geithner came to Treasury from the Fed, where he was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This despite the fact that he failed to pay his full share of federal income taxes from the years 2001 through 2004. He claimed it was an honest mistake. Maybe it was, but should someone who fails to pay his taxes be appointed to the federal agency that controls the collection of taxes?
Our number one and two foreign policy tools are war and sanctions. Both bring pain and suffering to citizens rather than governments. And they rarely bring about the policy changes sought.
Over the past twenty years, while the United States has relied on warfare as its main diplomatic tool, China has been busy investing huge sums of money in the US, the UK, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Russia, and Africa. China is using capitalism to build strong international relationships and to change geopolitical thinking. The U.S. foreign policy of sanctions, isolation, and military actions has only produced hatred and distrust of the U.S.
A one-world government cannot duplicate the benefits and liberties offered through local control.
Richard Nixon appointed over 100 CFR members to his administration. JFK appointed 63, Carter appointed 60, Reagan appointed 75, and George H.W. Bush appointed 350 CFR and TLC members.
