The Romans Knew Hot To Do Fear

[monk222]

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Nicholas Kristof gives a nice encapsulation of America's policy on the War on Terror:

After 9/11, the focus of America’s response to terrorism has been mostly on using military force to destroy possible threats in places like Iraq and intimidate just about everyone. The ethos was borrowed from the ancient Romans: “Oderint, dum metuant” — “Let them hate, so long as they fear.”

Of course, the Romans were better at it.


(Source: Nicholas D. Kristof for The New York Times)

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Comments

[antilapsarian.livejournal.com]

Of course, eventually they no longer fear and then the Romans were overtaken by barbarians after decline first happened from within. Not exactly something to live up to.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think it's our official policy.