tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1817078895530465699..comments2024-03-28T21:41:32.110-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: FP Needs A Class on Military ScienceGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-3650895602414509752016-11-22T12:29:11.302-05:002016-11-22T12:29:11.302-05:00Eric, true for ISIS.
I was thinking in very gene...Eric, true for ISIS. <br /><br />I was thinking in very general terms. I'm sorry; I should have been clearer. <br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90025670122385104482016-11-21T23:23:43.937-05:002016-11-21T23:23:43.937-05:00...until absolutely necessary, you do not want the...<i>...until absolutely necessary, you do not want the enemy (an individual or a group) to become desperate about being cornered, lest they do something surprising/dreadful/dramatic.</i><br /><br />It is absolutely necessary; they're already doing that; butchering the kittens is their routine. The surprising/dreadful/dramatic is their <i>modus operandi</i>, cornered or not. Kill them, don't let them escape.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-15293863932056341792016-11-21T18:01:13.085-05:002016-11-21T18:01:13.085-05:00IIRC common sense says that until absolutely neces...IIRC common sense says that until absolutely necessary, you do not want the enemy (an individual or a group) to become desperate about being cornered, lest they do something surprising/dreadful/dramatic. A bit like cornering a raccoon in your garage, or cornering a cat with kittens.<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-41070938440775614792016-11-21T13:38:03.482-05:002016-11-21T13:38:03.482-05:00This is exactly why I don't read FP anymore. S...This is exactly why I don't read FP anymore. Stopped in the '90's. I had the sense even then that the article writers didn't really know that much. Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-11721420165319923212016-11-20T22:07:40.013-05:002016-11-20T22:07:40.013-05:00My own view is that while Sun Tzu often is right, ...My own view is that while Sun Tzu often is right, I disagree here. The Daesh are less likely to choose retreat and life over death and heaven than most men are.<br /><br />And I decline to fight them a second time, spending friendly blood, similar to Patton's attitude toward fighting over territory a second time. We did both with al Qaeda for a variety of valid and bad reasons, and all we got was a rapidly spreading, germicide resistant and deepening infection.<br /><br />Evil must be killed, not merely defeated.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-7692136475854536712016-11-20T20:52:13.985-05:002016-11-20T20:52:13.985-05:00"There's a second issue, which has to do ...<i>"There's a second issue, which has to do with American technological advantages, that I won't discuss for OPSEC reasons. Still, it's not that baffling why a route through the open desert was left free for Sun Tzu's purpose."</i><br /><br />Well, I was going to make a comment, but I'll have to hold it now- of course, you're right, it's not baffling. That those professed to be knowledgeable in Foreign Policy have so little knowledge of the Military Science is surely concerning. FP means little if you have no poker chips in the form of potential force to play with.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.com