tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post4623497931370264505..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Ironic that a man named Mead doesn't understand the US Civil WarEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-4047996769341152182012-11-29T09:29:19.834-05:002012-11-29T09:29:19.834-05:00"The British, German, and Japanese people did..."The British, German, and Japanese people didn't break over the bombing raids."<br /><br />Oh, well, they didn't suffer too much now did they. <br />Compared to Vietnam/Cambodja. <br />Take all explosives (artillery, air, nuclear, name it) delivered by all parties during WW I and WW II together. Multiply that by four. That's what the Vietnamese received. <br /><br />Of course they, the Vietnamese, that is, won that war. <br />After which they had to clear the bombed out insanity of US ally the Khmer Rouge for which the NVA deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-77443904230679293992012-11-27T13:14:47.760-05:002012-11-27T13:14:47.760-05:00Actually, George Meade didn't understand the C...Actually, George Meade didn't understand the Civil War, either. He had a chance to end the war had he pursued Lee after Gettysburg. Lee was backed up against a flooded Potomac, and Lee let him escape.<br /><br />Sherman, on the other hand, understood that the people of the south had to be vanquished--mere military conquest would not do.<br /><br />There is an old adage--generals always plan to fight the last war. It would appear that this Mead is a couple of dozen wars out of date.a_ray_in_dilbert_spacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-39503777919841416352012-11-26T16:33:31.510-05:002012-11-26T16:33:31.510-05:00Toby,
I would say the same thing in slightly diff...Toby,<br /><br />I would say the same thing in slightly different words.<br /><br />Sure the Israelis could occupy Gaza -- nothing short of that would end Hamas rule. But what then? <br /><br />As Colin Powell said, 'you break it, you own it.' Gaza is the one place in Palestine Israel does <i>not</i> care to own. In contrast the US South was still America, inhabited by Americans.Martin Vermeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537045395760606324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-19930135375558210532012-11-26T14:00:19.360-05:002012-11-26T14:00:19.360-05:00What is man that Thou art mindful of him?What is man that Thou art mindful of him?Jeffrey Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966839006518642902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-26381393145538963322012-11-26T09:58:14.203-05:002012-11-26T09:58:14.203-05:00There was a positive psychological effect of the w...There was a positive psychological effect of the war in that it was so severe that no one in the South wanted to give armed rebellion a second try. <br /><br />Again though, that was an effect of the whole war, and Sherman's march was only a part of the whole.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301230860904555513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-25697174400354655372012-11-26T08:28:10.619-05:002012-11-26T08:28:10.619-05:00The Confederacy claimed to be a nation state, with...The Confederacy claimed to be a nation state, with the basic functions of maintaining a national defence and slavery.<br /><br />Sherman's march proved it could do neither, and gave a shattering blow to Confederate self-regard and morale.<br /><br />Hamas in Gaza is at such a rudimentary level of national statehood that a massive Israeli incursion could hardly reduce it any further. The damage to Israel's image would be ample compensation.Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-2168216094303082922012-11-25T21:46:30.817-05:002012-11-25T21:46:30.817-05:00About counterinsurgency not working:
http://thega...About counterinsurgency not working:<br /><br />http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-spark.html <br /><br />and <br /><br /> http://fabiusmaximus.com/2012/11/23/counterinsurgency-45843/Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-57987122540912253242012-11-25T18:12:10.905-05:002012-11-25T18:12:10.905-05:00No one sings love and betrayal better
But somet...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-5AV3QlYU" rel="nofollow"> No one sings love and betrayal better </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfJZu_Bz6Yo" rel="nofollow">But sometimes the oldest version remains he best.</a>THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.com