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I highly recommend reading Lawrence <em>in</em> Arabia. True story behind TE Lawrence, written by a journalist who's spent time reporting on the modern conflicts in the Middle East, with a lot of insight on how Middle Eastern policy back then resonates today
Craig Kelly symbolises a disturbing trend in Australian politics: they think there is a good side to China, that can be teased out if we coddle and engage with them just a little more. There isn't. The Chinese government is driven by a 2000 year old supremacist narrative and, to them, everything is just a means to an ends, of world domination, where everyone kowtows to China, as the world did for thousands of years before.
As one commenter here put it: get "the fuck outta here".
Anybody interested in how this insane process occurred should read Mearsheimer & Walt’s astonishing exposé of the US-Israel lobby and its corruption of American foreign policy: https://www.amazon.com/Israel-Lobby-U-S-Foreign-Policy-ebook/dp/B000UZQIF6
Want to get into Congress? Well you better keep your mouth shut on the Palestinian issue!
Read the first chapter of Prisoners of Geography for the answer.
You can actually read this for free by downloading the sample from Amazon.
If you're interested in learning more about this, I'd recommend THIS book: Prisoners Of Geography. It really helps you understand the geo-political dynamics around the world and why the US military is everywhere (among other things).
The US was involved in the middle east since it was partitioned after WWI. You can't look at single instances without considering the history of the region. Have a look at "Lawrence in Arabia".
Nothing is ever as it seems. And I agree, I am actually confused by the Iran stuff, too. I have some working theories but it still does leave one scratching one's head.
Even still, it would be impossible to deny that Kerry is a btr SOS than Clinton ever was. That alone should speak volumes of her presidential candidacy.
The funny thing is I used to be an Obama fan and voted for him 2x. I used to be one of those college educated people who thought I was moderately informed. Then, the Boston Bombing in 2013 really made me do a double take. It was so bizarre. Start doing my research and realize our whole society lives in the matrix. It's beyond belief. Now, my net assessment of Obama is a very negative one.
It is great to see how everyone else is realizing it, too. And I really appreciate Trump bringing MSM bias to people's attention. I don't agree with him on everything he says but he really is the better person for the job at this point in history. Almost urgently so. I really think Clinton is a real danger for our country and the world.
The ME stuff goes back a century ... if you are interested, this is a great book to get started: https://www.amazon.com/Lawrence-Arabia-Deceit-Imperial-Notable-ebook/dp/B00BH0VSPI#navbar
It reads like a novel. Very well written.
I just read Lawrence in Arabia and that was really not going to happen, American oil interests were already in the Empire snapping up land rights to drill with smoke and mirror promises to the Ottomans before WWI. If they had actually made it through it's very likely they would have been screwed out of a lot of the profits before they fully realized what was happening.
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Over 1,000 reviews on Amazon and a composite 4.25 rating. should provide some insight as to other's opinions. Really one of the best works I've read in nearly 70 years. T.E. Lawrence was an enigmatic figure and the other characters were equally fascinating.
>I've wondered if its related to the fact that a real game of poker cannot be played without something at stake... a bot has no desires or fears about the future no attachment to the prize.
I don't think that's the obstacle. It's only a math problem for a bot--just a really, really, really, really hard one that hasn't been solved yet.
>I am kind of surprised that an expert considers war and poker to be so different, both seem to be games of limited information where something real is being contended
The difference is that two very simple observations about war (that it is costly and that you can bargain over the issues at stake) allow you to say a ridiculous amount about conflict. Unfortunately, those useful shortcuts don't appear to be helpful in poker.
>Is there a book you know of that give a popular science account of how game theory is applied to war by governments?
I wrote one a couple years ago, based off my notes for intro to international relations: http://www.amazon.com/Game-Theory-101-Rationality-War-ebook/dp/B008X12GIW/ref=la_B007JMSDR4_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402290707&sr=1-4