We all serve in our own way

“All men are created equal”. Baloney. Some are more equal than others. Some “more equals” assign themselves this title, some “more equals” are assigned this title. Most recruiters who live in a less idealistic world just want to make quota. Most western parents want to have kids that are above average or better, and can be forceful about it. Most eastern parents see the “social security” value of their children.

Recently Mr. Nobel DNA got into hot water over intelligence measures, saying Africans are not as smart as some of the rest of us (as a group of course). Of course the modern politician may think none of us are too smart, given the present state of the world. And of course most Asians look down on we less smart American mongrels, culturally speaking.

One friction point is the ability to tell the difference between experience, education, and intelligence. Most adults in America will tend towards experience, I think. Many in the military profession value the ability to be steadfast and aim-in, and pull the trigger. Now what quality does this describe?

So let us in the New World serve in our own way. The problems of the past are bad enough. Let us solve the problems of the present, and serve in our own way.

If this is not the genesis of a New World foreign policy, then nothing imagined near term can be. Are we dumb enough to be dragged down to the past, or smart enough to drag the past towards the future?