Desiring Machine

Recently watched this Charlie Rose interview with former Carter National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.

I must say that I am both saddened and profoundly inspired by this interview. I say saddened because I regret that we lost so much of what might have been when Reagan swept into power in 1980 and continue live with today under ham handed and muscular neocon chest beating that passes itself off as foreign policy. I say inpsired because it is encouraging to know that there are people like Brzezinski who hold an honest, critical and, most importantly, cogent view of the world. We need reflective leadership like this to deal with the intractable problems we have today. As John Lennon once said there are no problems only solutions. Anyone who wants to sell you on the hopelessness of the world most often has an agenda. That goes for the activists on the left who are so angry about war and distrustful of government, and the war mongers on the right who have weapons and oil contracts to procure. Either way you look at it, the world is a complicated place with complicated issues but it is nice to hear someone like Zbigniew who is so concise, cutting and cogent about the issues of foreign policy. This kind of discussion is refereshing from the clap trap you get on Fox, CNN, and MSNBC.