Claves para entender el mundo después de Irak: "la guerra es el método elegido por Dios para enseñar geografía a los norteamericanos" escribió, con amarga ironía, Ambrose Bierce a finales del siglo XIX aludiendo a sus compatriotas y las clases de geografía, por la vía bélica, amenazan con abarcar a otros países y regiones. (seguridad y defensa).

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En rigor no hay nada nuevo bajo el sol en cuanto a que el fuerte impone su voluntad al débil. Las potencias coloniales, como lo hicieron a través de la diplomacia de las cañoneras, impusieron sus términos desde muy temprano. Ya en el siglo XVII el general antimonárquico inglés Oliver Cromwell pregonaba que un buque es el mejor embajador. Hoy el buque con la mayor capacidad de persuasión "diplomática" es el portaaviones.

Hay, sin embargo, un cambio en la calidad y la magnitud de la actual proyección de fuerzas a nivel internacional. A lo largo de la Guerra ...

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