But in terms of the kidnapping and its legality and whether a foreign leader can even be tried in a domestic American court, is it really the desperation for Venezuela’s oil which is at the heart of it all? Or is it merely a distraction from all the failures of this administration? Can the focus … Continue reading Eleventh Note to “Kidnapped”
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Tenth Note to “Kidnapped”
After all, and as Nietzsche said, you can read and write only what you have experienced and what you know a priori. Thus, if we can read and write only what we have experienced and have known a priori, it means we can learn or teach realpolitik and its basic and underlying logic and reasoning … Continue reading Tenth Note to “Kidnapped”
Ninth Note to “Kidnapped”
To some, realpolitik and its basic underlying logic and reasoning and thought system might appear as a “philosophy” or a “theory” among infinite philosophies and theories in the social world. But realpolitik is actually a life experience or a way of life that has to be endured and survived. Hence, the Platonic or the Aristotelian … Continue reading Ninth Note to “Kidnapped”
Eighth Note to “Kidnapped”
And as either Plato or Aristotle said, war and politics cannot be learned or taught. War and politics have to be experienced and lived in order to be known and understood. Thus, the expectation out of either a general or a spy to be quiet and subtle. As Sun Tzu said, be subtle. But we … Continue reading Eighth Note to “Kidnapped”
Seventh Note to “Kidnapped”
“Keep writing, and I’ll have the bag of money ready for you” is what a CIA officer told a KGB general who showed up to a CIA station in an American embassy somewhere and professed that they wanted to cooperate with the CIA. What does it take for a general or a spy of a … Continue reading Seventh Note to “Kidnapped”
Adam A. Azim 