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Tue 19 Jan, 2010 01:38 am
Quote:This leads to a larger point about the role of military force in world politics. Military power remains important because it structures world politics. It is true that in many relationships and issues, military force is increasingly difficult or costly for states to use. But the fact that military power is not always sufficient in particular situations does not mean that it has lost the ability to structure expectations and shape political calculations.
How should we interpret the bolded phrase in the above context?
@fansy,
Belief in military power is sufficient to rationalize policy decisions even though such belief may later turn out to be ill founded.
@fansy,
(Note that "belief" equates to "God" in your other thread)