Jesse Jackson Jr.: Military prowess provides neither peace nor strength
by Leonard Pitts Jr., Tribune Content Agency
May 21, 2023
3 minutes
“Peace through strength” is the lodestar, the guiding assumption, of United States policy since World War II. America maintains by far the strongest military force in the world. We literally police the world. But in the current world, we are discovering that military prowess provides neither peace nor strength. We have the smartest bombs in the world, but our children rank only 22nd in educational achievement. We need to think again about the true sources of peace
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