I've always found it curious that the US didn't just go all the way in Vietnam, or Afghanistan, or Iraq. It's not like the American Empire is above genocide. Genuine concern that carrying out a full scale genocide could cause political unrest domestically, following the protests of the '60s and '70s? That seems like giving too much credit to the American public. Maybe it's just that the Empire is overextended and can't carry out such a thing? Or a lack of will from the capitalists, maybe they don't see the profit in an old-school imperial project? A lack of settlers to replace the slaughtered labor force? Or some mixture of some or all of these concerns?
Man, these are grim questions. I am curious, though, but how morbid.
E: There must be freaks in some arm of the military whose whole job is to contemplate this, and I bet they don't feel ugly just thinking about it.
I've always found it curious that the US didn't just go all the way in Vietnam, or Afghanistan, or Iraq. It's not like the American Empire is above genocide. Genuine concern that carrying out a full scale genocide could cause political unrest domestically, following the protests of the '60s and '70s? That seems like giving too much credit to the American public. Maybe it's just that the Empire is overextended and can't carry out such a thing? Or a lack of will from the capitalists, maybe they don't see the profit in an old-school imperial project? A lack of settlers to replace the slaughtered labor force? Or some mixture of some or all of these concerns?
Man, these are grim questions. I am curious, though, but how morbid.
E: There must be freaks in some arm of the military whose whole job is to contemplate this, and I bet they don't feel ugly just thinking about it.