Imperialism

What is it with mankind's need to conquest? Why does everything have to be about exploiting something to drain it of everything it has?

Anyway...

This is written as a rallying call, not a well-reasoned argument. That tells me that he's targeting the little guys-the Joes-to get them behind his cause. It sounds similar to what Joe was told when he was getting signed up for war. We're absolutely in the right! It's for the greater good! We're spreading democracy! Beveridge speaks only in grandiose terms. Basically, he's trying to get people to sacrifice their lives for the sake of words. Land. Resources. Why do they matter to one person living happily in the Midwest with a home and family enough to make him want to lay down his life for them? Democracy is an interesting word. The Indians are living happily under our government w/o their consent, so why shouldn't the Philippines? He just has a blatant disregard for the cannon-fodder folk he's getting to fight for him or the people already living in the land he's trying to take over. Just like Joe's war-the squishing of the expendable is a necessary evil.