2. creation of a permanent biometric architecture of total control that restricts basic human autonomy. All in the name of "safety." The trade-off is pure folly, and you will live to regret it.
Sometimes societies have to accept casualties--even high casualties--in order..
3. ...to preserve their integrity, personal freedoms, and fundamental. This is what you and @clairlemon are not taking under consideration.
Casualties are inevitable. Of course, no politician in the West is willing to say this--they are far too dishonest and cowardly.
4. But this just shows how divorced they and their views are from historical reality. Some nations do understand this, and have learned it from hard and bitter experience.
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1. I think it's very useful to study the British-American naval engagements of the War of 1812, and I'll give you my reasons in this thread.
Since the mid-20th century, the US has enjoyed almost uncontested technological & logistical superiority over military adversaries..
2. This situation is very unlikely to be the case in future conflicts. In fact, the US is likely to be militarily inferior to a major, first-world adversary. In such a setting, what will matter is a US commander's elan, aggressiveness, and competence.
3. This situation mirrors what existed in 1812, when the US declared war on Britain, which had the world's most powerful navy. The US was totally outclassed. Yet her navy managed to score some impressive victories against her foe.
1. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell (1879-1936) was a veteran of World War I and a visionary proponent of naval aviation in the interwar years.
In 1925, he was hauled up on charges and court-martialed for offending the top brass. His crime?
2. He had criticized Army leaders for ineptitude and incompetence for the crash of the naval airship "Shenandoah" (in which 14 men died), and for the loss of a few seaplanes in the Pacific.
3. He had also exposed his superiors' lack of vision by demonstrating the power of naval aviation and the potential of aircraft carriers. For these sins, they never forgave him. In 1925, they concocted trumped-up charges and accused him of insubordination.
1. Another anecdote about the Australians. Many years ago I was visiting St. Paul's Cathedral in London. You can go up to a walkway around the dome.
I was standing there, looking a long way down over the rail, when a very heavy Australian accent from behind me said...
2. "It's a long way, deeaawwn, isn't it, mayte?" I turned around, and it was a smiling old guy with his wife. He just started talking to me, like he knew me. He starts telling me an anecdote about a friend of his who fell off the roof of his house while he was...
3. ...painting it. He and his wife looked like very nice people, old small-town pensioners going on a vacation. Not a care in the world.
Finally, his wife says, "Oh, John, don't bother the man with all that. He doesn't want to hear that..." It was hilarious.
"Things Young Job Seekers Should Not Tolerate From Prospective Employers."
I know, you need a job. You feel at their mercy. You feel like they hold all the cards. Right?
Wrong. Fuck 'em. I wished I knew this stuff way back when.
1. Do not tolerate multiple, extended interviews. This is a red flag. Are you going to hire me, or what?
Multiple interviews is a sign that the company (or gov't) has an inflated view of itself. Bad sign. They want to jerk you around to break you down. Who needs this?
2. I remember, coming out of law school, I made the mistake of interviewing with this douchebag law firm. As part of the "interview," they made me write a fucking brief. I never should have done this. But I was young and naive. Learn from this.
July 4 thread...key events leading up to the Revolution. You should be familiar with each of these events.
1. The "Boston Massacre," 1770. A contingent of soldiers fired into a crowd that was jeering and harassing them. Nothing would ever be the same in Boston again.
2. The Boston Tea Party, 1773. A group of men dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped chests of East India Tea Company tea into Boston Harbor.
3. Shootouts at Lexington and Concord, 1775. When the match was finally lit. British Army regulars were sent to confiscate weapons and ammunition of the Massachusetts militia. The result was a firefight.