by FishbellykanakaDude » Sun Dec 03, 2017 12:30 am
I dislike the idea of starving innocents, but perhaps the reality is that if one is going to start a war, one might want to not allow one's supply lines to be cut off?
In other words, why would anyone think that the age-old tactics of warfare aren't still an option?
Only complete morons start wars they can't possibly "win", meaning "at least survive".
But then, where does it say that complete morons can't come to power in a country with the capacity to make war?
Every day astounds me more than the last. I suppose that's one of the distinguishing features of "times like these". In Gen Crisis times time seems to be compressed. One "panic" or another is just hours away, it seems, and great swathes of "public opinion" change course mid-air like a disturbed mega-flock of Starlings.
I have to wonder if the accelerated pace of change is actually (physio-psychically) killing off the older generation? And the acceleration accelerates.
I've heard drinking from a fire hose can leave you thirstier than you were before you decided to rehydrate. Perhaps it's time go find a little puddle away from the hydrant, and suck up the muddy but drinkable water in it, to keep from going dry?
Aloha, and go find an island someplace...
I dislike the idea of starving innocents, but perhaps the reality is that if one is going to start a war, one might want to not allow one's supply lines to be cut off?
In other words, why would anyone think that the age-old tactics of warfare aren't still an option?
Only complete morons start wars they can't possibly "win", meaning "at least survive".
But then, where does it say that complete morons can't come to power in a country with the capacity to make war?
Every day astounds me more than the last. I suppose that's one of the distinguishing features of "times like these". In Gen Crisis times time seems to be compressed. One "panic" or another is just hours away, it seems, and great swathes of "public opinion" change course mid-air like a disturbed mega-flock of Starlings.
I have to wonder if the accelerated pace of change is actually (physio-psychically) killing off the older generation? And the acceleration accelerates.
I've heard drinking from a fire hose can leave you thirstier than you were before you decided to rehydrate. Perhaps it's time go find a little puddle away from the hydrant, and suck up the muddy but drinkable water in it, to keep from going dry?
Aloha, and go find an island someplace...