Corrado Maria Daclon Quotes
Land has lost its original strategic value; military forces are no longer employed primarily to conquer land, but to ensure stable economic, energy and information flows, which constitute the true resources, along with the natural resource
Corrado Maria Daclon, Italian Scientist & Journalist, Geopolitics of Environment, A Wider Approach to the Global Challenges, La Comunità Internazionale, no. 4, 2007
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After American troops were deployed to Saudi Arabia following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait:
See {616060} for a similar view. Greenspan for 20 years had been very circumspect in not criticizing Presidents or their actions, and was a Republican. However, he criticized the George W. Bush Iraq War policies.
This quotation illustrates some of the interesting attitudes of early Americans. First, note the backhanded slap at a standing army. The navy was much preferred by early Americans as history had demonstrated that most republics had been destroyed by their own armies taking over in some “emergency” of time of “crisis.” This also helps explain why the army and navy were different departments of government—a tradition that lasted until after WWII. The two departments had totally different purposes and objectives and presented different potential dangers to the nation.
This quotation is often cited as it presages the concept of the Military Industrial Complex that was given by President Eisenhower in 1961--{641114}. It is not known whether Eisenhower had read or was briefed on this Mills quotation.
While Turgot was right about so much, this was one of his big errors—the assumption that land was fundamental to and necessary for, wealth. In many countries it is still true, but of the recent billionaires like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Carlos Slim and most others, they own very little land. In the United States and Canada, there are large tracts of land that few or no one will buy and a cast majority of people do not make their living from land.
Despite this economic reality, many underdeveloped nations sell their raw materials because it is easier than the alternative which takes capital investment in processing plants and equipment, training of workers, and establishing a marketing mechanism. Most third world nations are limited in their capacity to do this but they have abundant natural resources.
The General refused. He had already achieved a strategic victory and it was only a matter of time when the Dutch would withdraw on their own as their supply lines were cut off and the populations wanted them out.
The most successful way of poor nations developing rapidly is to trade with rich nations.
