Conversations With History - Edward N. Luttwak

[ForexReviewsCentral]

thanks for the video

[CabronDioz]

Great interview. Though there exists no such pipeline that transports 5 billion barrels per day. 5 million barrels per day is probably what Luttwak meant. So all is good.

[PawSoxMom]

IMO, this is ruling class smoke and mirrors.

[100milnic]

This guy is quite interesting, a radical conservative. He is looking at foreign policy failures & attempting to come up with solutions other than maintaining the status quo of vested interests repeating same problems. He appears to be applying traditional liberal economic conservatism to foreign policy, suggesting brute equalibrium reslove conflicts, rather than artificial intervention, ie for own unsustainable oil consumption or others unsustainable democratic institutions. Radical conservatism

[iqsquared]

Edward Luttwak will be taking part in Intelligence Squared’s live debate entitled “The Middle East peace process is a charade” in London, Sept 2010. Hear him argue for the motion and ask him questions in person. Go to our website ‘Intelligence Squared’ for info and tickets. This event can be watched live online worldwide.

[juhahn]

"War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. "

Desiderius Erasmus

[lord19561]

@juhahn especially the ones who are not able enough to win them

[MrCropper]

32:14 "Is oil a substance that we should be so dependent on? The answer is no."

Well there's a fine way to get rid of all our problems - go back 100 years, time technology to coal. Brilliant! Steam trains and cargo steamers. To hell with oil.

Sheesh.

[PawSoxMom]

@MrCropper Haven't you ever heard of Tesla's technology? There is no need to go back to coal.

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[PaulyIzACracker]

One of my favorite authors, but I disagree that democracies cannot be ruthless enough to occupy a country or exterminate by brute force. Eg., the Peloponnesian War, Allied fire bombing / use of nukes in Second War, and Sherman's March to the Sea.

As always, the way things are, have been, or will be is not to be confused with the way things ought to be.

[WarVideo]

@PaulyIzACracker

Well, int eh past western nations at least had enough self esteem to assert their own right to exist end defend themselves by any means necessary, you cant say the same thing today.

[Mahdavi1990]

Luttwak is actually an idiot. I was reading an article about Iran which was more like a load of bollocks he just made up on the spot and felt like writing down on a piece of paper.

What an absolute moron who just doesn't understand anything!

[jak1428]

nonsense! the people who conspired for the irak war (definitely americans and brits) knew that the wmd stuff was entirely fabricated! interesting, informative interview though...

[Turksarebarbarians]

Doing nothing about the Middle East ... Will the Middle East do nothing about us either? Or will it send us a few of its best and unrivalled products - jihad, Saudi-sponsored mosques and teachings as is the case now?...Another peculiar euphemism 'let they have their history'...When the Turks "had their history", 2,5 million Armenians and Greeks were exterminated...They seem to have learnt 'their history' well in this diabolical cursed Middle East.

[Ognjen1986]

I like listening to him and he has some excellent insights, however, I disagree with his view of China. In my opinion hi is underestimating the growth of Chinese nationalism. It is becoming more like other nation states, something it never was, and with that will arise the impulse to imitate other nation states. It will build strong military, and will attempt to dominate the region.

[lpuzielli]

he can sound selfish or fool, dunno. nevertheless, it's very stimulating to listen to this guy

[akhille]

What a fool.

[NewRome]

Great analysis from strategist Edward Luttwak.

"San Francisco is an emerging Chinese city", - like the game of GO.

[8data]

China is the greatest strategic challenge to

the United States and always will be

the main question is about societies who want to transcend

central authority to innovate sufficiently, socially

to be part of american civilization

but Chinas current leadership is against Human Rights Development, promoting the worst tendencies of the East in power control

but is still a successful society that will be more so by the end of the Millennium Development Goals in 2015

the main question is succession

[rebharath]

excellent and insightful discussion! with great power comes great responsibility ... and a troubling lack of curiosity.... :)