tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post596024049697404306..comments2023-12-23T02:10:09.875-05:00Comments on howl at pluto: Were the "trusters" right?LFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-35373084008452542492012-05-01T23:59:32.250-04:002012-05-01T23:59:32.250-04:00P.s. I should have explained in the post that the ...P.s. I should have explained in the post that the phrase "the magnificent fraud" is a quote from Dean Acheson, referring to the notion that post-WW2 U.S. foreign policy was a product of harmonious bipartisanship and that there were few differences between the parties in terms of approach/strategy. Rathbun is arguing against that in this piece, emphasizing that there were real Dem/Rep differences in this period on foreign policy, hence his use of the Acheson quote. So the word "fraud" in this particular context has no reference to the Europeans at all. I can see that was unclear from the post -- sorry.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-72610991926301219142012-05-01T23:48:18.933-04:002012-05-01T23:48:18.933-04:00I haven't read (as opposed to skimmed) the ent...I haven't read (as opposed to skimmed) the entire article, but I think he is using "trust" in a way that involves estimates of future action.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-1644700456433794602012-05-01T19:57:50.094-04:002012-05-01T19:57:50.094-04:00LFC
Is he using "trust" as in predict...LFC<br /><br /><br /><br />Is he using "trust" as in predict or honesty.<br /><br />I don't think he has decided yet but I trust he will do X...<br /><br />vs<br /><br />He can't be trusted - his word is just hot air.<br /><br />Different predictions in late 1940's with little data of the eventual course of action or an expectation of dishonesty.<br /><br /><br />Who is defrauding whom.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://eclecticmeanderings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Hank’s Eclectic Meanderings</a>hank_F_Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851295792702162861noreply@blogger.com