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Entry: A Theory of the Interventionist Class Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/a_theory_of_the_interventionist_class#25302 Post contents: The good Mr. Gavin is upset because "we" no longer will fight to advance our national interest. Perhaps he could enlighten us as to how one might determine what a national interest is, and how it might be determined? My personal interests boil down to the spiritual, where I seek to gain eternal salvation, and the temporal where I seek to live in modest comfort enjoying the companionship of family and friends. Combat, of which I have some familiarity, is nowhere to be found in my personal interest. Now, if my personal interest comes under attack, a quick calculation based on just war theory may get me to once again grab some firearms, and strap on a cartridge belt or two, and head into the fray, but this will not likely result in my crossing so much as a county line to defend my interests, much less an ocean. It seems to me that those imperialists of Mr. Gavin's stripe deal with things in the abstract, which is a sad heritage from the Endarkenment, and may well lead to the destruction of his own personal interests if they are at all congruent with mine. Sent at: 2008 07 24