tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post8402757734170261857..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: Another play from the instruction manual Tyranny for Dummies: The Purge of the Officer Corps.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-71723809456377325272009-09-23T04:03:37.567-05:002009-09-23T04:03:37.567-05:00Let's see we leave Afghanistan handing the Tal...Let's see we leave Afghanistan handing the Talibans a victory, secure operating and training bases, and more resources. I seem to recall this plan turning out badly about eight years ago.<br />If we withdrawal we better burn the place down on the way out. On the up side I don't live near the big targets. The big targets being major hopey changey population centers. It could cost Barry everything.<br />And with politically reliable generals replacing purged ones? Well I would be glad I don't live in New York, Chicago, Denver, <br />Los Angeles, Las Vegas, or Washington D.C. to name a few. <br /><br />It worked out so well for Stalin.Happy Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-28249476234798391802009-09-23T02:45:42.166-05:002009-09-23T02:45:42.166-05:00If I did not have 15 years in already, I would pul...If I did not have 15 years in already, I would pull the loud handle and leave active service in an instant. As it is, I will retire one month and 10 days after the next President is sworn in.<br />That is, provided the current one can make it his full term without stepping on himself with golf shoes and getting impeached.Unknownsailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10384464603647986681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-44262036771930280382009-09-22T19:30:25.809-05:002009-09-22T19:30:25.809-05:00"...a more robust mission with the goal of gi..."...a more robust mission with the goal of giving Afghanistan — perhaps for the first time — a strong, functioning central government."<br /><br />I think it may have been William Lind who said 'Pigs will not simply fly, they will win dogfights against F-15s before anything in the Middle East resembles a functional democracy.<br /><br />This is a fool's errand.<br /><br />---<br />"Never again." No more Vietnams. Next time the officer corps promised themselves and each other that they would resign their commissions rather than participate in political farce that got good men killed for nothing.<br />---<br /><br />Then what, pray tell, are we doing in Afghanistan? If those officers promised themselves 'Never again', they have failed the first test: identifying when 'again' is about to happen.rexxheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578166996312186309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-57157367735403260512009-09-22T15:29:00.865-05:002009-09-22T15:29:00.865-05:00My life, my fortune, and my sacred honor.
Althoug...My life, my fortune, and my sacred honor.<br /><br />Although, they've already stolen what fortune I had in monetary terms, so my life and sacred honor will have to suffice. <br /><br />May God grant us victory, and may our enemies' conscience weigh heavily with what they have wrought, before they eternally rot.Tangalorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497659918815055740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-33101066681023286112009-09-22T15:18:59.094-05:002009-09-22T15:18:59.094-05:00Interesting theory Mike. Particularly since it...Interesting theory Mike. Particularly since it's falsifiable if you flesh out the details a little more - what counts as a purge in this context? When and what will we see, by your analysis, to observe that it's actually happening?Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671875907666342941noreply@blogger.com