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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Daniel E. Zoughbie) - The Lesson Trump Can Take From Herodotus’ Paradox Wed Jul 22 04:03:00 2026

Strength is best manifested in cooption, not force. The post The Lesson Trump Can Take From Herodotus’ Paradox appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs The Lesson Trump Can Take From Herodotus’ Paradox Strength is best manifested in cooption, not force. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images “If you cross the Halys River and attack the Persians, you will destroy a great empire.” According to Herodotus, when Lydia’s King Croesus asked the Oracle at Delphi whether to make war on Cyrus the Great, he heard only what he wanted to hear, crossed the river and lost. The empire he destroyed was his own. Today’s oracles are far less discerning. When pastors gathered in the Oval Office this past March to lay hands on the president and pray for war, not one…Open

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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Anik Joshi) - The End of the Carter Doctrine Fri Mar 27 16:00:00 2026

Do Americans still believe in the importance of the Persian Gulf region? The post The End of the Carter Doctrine appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs The End of the Carter Doctrine Do Americans still believe in the importance of the Persian Gulf region? After the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the United States under President Jimmy Carter decided to take a more active role in the region. This manifested in numerous ways, among them the birth of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, which later evolved into CENTCOM. This led to the establishment of the Carter Doctrine: Carter’s National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, helped draft Carter’s State of the Union address that stated “An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf…Open

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