THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
FRANCE 1914
THE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICAL DELUSIONS
IN MODERN DEMOCRACIES
FRENCH LEADERS BELIEVED THAT
CLOTH CAPS AND RED PANTALOONS
WOULD INSPIRE AUDACITY TO PRODUCE VICTORY.
STEEL HELMETS AND CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORMS
WERE CONSIDERED USELESS.
IN ONE OF THE FIRST BATTLES OF WORLD WAR I
22,000 FRENCH TROOPS WOULD BE KILLED IN ONE DAY.
OBAMA'S IMPERIAL DELUSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, LIBYA
AND OTHER PLACES ALSO ENDED IN DISASTER.