Wow! I am an elderly Brit ( same age as Trump but with fewer weapons of mass distraction at my disposal.) I consider myself reasonably well informed. I have a daughter in Canada which is currently in a tie with Greenland to be the next US state and in-laws in the USA. However, this post I have just read, a dialogue between 2 intelligent and articulate commentators makes me realise how incomplete my understanding of US politics is. We political centrists in Europe are appalled by what the US administration is doing now and terrified of what it/ he might do next.
My sister and I have all the letters my father wrote home during the Second World War to the first grade teacher who would become our mother. Every letter is filled with optimism about the future, an immense sense of sacrifice made by all combatants, especially by the British whom he admired unreservedly, and the need to maintain close and abiding relationships with our allies. Naturally, he was a great supporter of the Marshall Plan and an accomplished student of history (including Thucydides).
As someone who led me in battle in North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, Normandy, and the Bulge and miraculously survived, he would be disgusted but had faith that the dialect of history would, nonetheless, lead to a better day.
Wow! I am an elderly Brit ( same age as Trump but with fewer weapons of mass distraction at my disposal.) I consider myself reasonably well informed. I have a daughter in Canada which is currently in a tie with Greenland to be the next US state and in-laws in the USA. However, this post I have just read, a dialogue between 2 intelligent and articulate commentators makes me realise how incomplete my understanding of US politics is. We political centrists in Europe are appalled by what the US administration is doing now and terrified of what it/ he might do next.
Superb writing! Thank you. more please.
Dear Mr. Dunn,
My sister and I have all the letters my father wrote home during the Second World War to the first grade teacher who would become our mother. Every letter is filled with optimism about the future, an immense sense of sacrifice made by all combatants, especially by the British whom he admired unreservedly, and the need to maintain close and abiding relationships with our allies. Naturally, he was a great supporter of the Marshall Plan and an accomplished student of history (including Thucydides).
As someone who led me in battle in North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, Normandy, and the Bulge and miraculously survived, he would be disgusted but had faith that the dialect of history would, nonetheless, lead to a better day.