tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post3278945567861151248..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Creating a DesolationAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-32068021800288444582013-02-24T16:14:00.160-08:002013-02-24T16:14:00.160-08:00Thanks, Everet. Clausewitz is very good not just ...Thanks, Everet. Clausewitz is very good not just on strategic issues but the politics of war. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-3431946202970296112013-02-24T16:12:49.142-08:002013-02-24T16:12:49.142-08:00Umashankar, it would seem so. Yes, I agree; the l...Umashankar, it would seem so. Yes, I agree; the last picture is by far the most disturbing. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46374759332622069422013-02-24T16:11:25.247-08:002013-02-24T16:11:25.247-08:00Antisthenes, I may have said this before but I sha...Antisthenes, I may have said this before but I share your pessimism The stupidity of our political class defies all comprehension, but that self-same stupidity is probably more of an effect of decline than a cause. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-7241023005701331122013-02-24T16:09:23.541-08:002013-02-24T16:09:23.541-08:00Daggs, no, never. The irony is that we had plenty...Daggs, no, never. The irony is that we had plenty of past examples of what a nightmare Afghanistan always was for foreign invaders. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-23205788675696335812013-02-24T16:05:58.871-08:002013-02-24T16:05:58.871-08:00Anthony, that's terribly well put. The only t...Anthony, that's terribly well put. The only thing is that Rome, by the time of Hadrian, had come to see that their were definite limits to empire, that further expansion carried all sorts of political and strategic dangers. Bush and Blair, those modern emperors, had not the wit to see the potential long term damage their imperial adventure would entail. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-55036210294606529122013-02-24T16:02:11.434-08:002013-02-24T16:02:11.434-08:00Calvin, I suspect that's true also of the Brit...Calvin, I suspect that's true also of the British leadership at the time. Our political masters do not read history, or if they do they sure as hell don't understand history. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-75744438695427844682013-02-24T02:05:53.571-08:002013-02-24T02:05:53.571-08:00Nice article.
Unbelievable that the killings and ...Nice article.<br /><br />Unbelievable that the killings and unrest still continue. It proves that Iraq is a state, but not a nation -- the country is divided in three or four peoples, like the Balkan. Of course, the West could have known that before the invasion.<br /><br />I remember Clausewitz from when I was around 14 years old. I should read his book again.Evert Mouwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629063823557754054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-3972918396464398372013-02-23T20:18:49.036-08:002013-02-23T20:18:49.036-08:00That is a mind-numbing, if dispassionate analysis ...That is a mind-numbing, if dispassionate analysis of a reprehensible situation. You have effectively employed the services of Clausewitz and Tacitus but History will testify that humans never learn from History. The most disturbing of these photographs is the one where two kids are holding guns to the skull of a distraught one. Signs of the times to come. I am not quiet a fan of Cormac McCarthy's <i>The Road</i> but guess that is where we are headed to. umashankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940072093576263799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-76149730547772215662013-02-22T08:26:35.945-08:002013-02-22T08:26:35.945-08:00I believe the West is in the twilight of it's ...I believe the West is in the twilight of it's existence. It's leaders are following paths that are crippling their societies economically, socially, politically and militarily. Not exactly the best time to take actions that destabilises areas in the rest of the world or to make more enemies. Western arrogances of the past seem very likely to be close to pay back time. The next generation or maybe sooner may see a new dawn that sweeps away much of Western standards and values and replaces them with standards and values that the West discarded many generations ago. A modern day version of the dark ages. I hope my assessment is wrong but it will only be if our leaders wake up to the ill advised policies and practices that they currently employ and change tack. A forlorn hope me thinks. Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-79324809425819194172013-02-22T00:26:28.650-08:002013-02-22T00:26:28.650-08:00And the pattern is repeating itself in Afghanistan...And the pattern is repeating itself in Afghanistan. When will they ever learn?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-61385370392814125702013-02-21T16:47:02.034-08:002013-02-21T16:47:02.034-08:00Von Clausewitz's thinking was on conventional ...Von Clausewitz's thinking was on conventional warfare, this is corporate war for profit, it is not that they didn't know it is that they don't care, big difference here. Why do you think that modern wars are artificially prolonged? because they are profitable to certain interests, a percentage of loss even of your own resources and personal is acceptable if gains outweigh losses. Just like Rome sending out it's Legions to subjugate other peoples for control of resources, commerce or subjects to levy taxation on. The gears of the war machine are lubricated by the blood of the casualties of war and cares not whose but better theirs than yours.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-57967405632205920962013-02-21T16:43:47.329-08:002013-02-21T16:43:47.329-08:00I'm not sure the war on Iraq and Afghanistan h...I'm not sure the war on Iraq and Afghanistan has failed. That's because I never understood what it was for, anyway. I haven't found anyone who knows. In my nightmares, it is because the US leadership believes it is compelled by prophecy.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.com