Originally Posted by Jeffery J. Haas
Last but not least, let us not forget that, at some point in any military altercation, if the mission is muddied enough, and enough of the local citizenry have decided they have nothing left to lose, every once in a while, a bunch of poorly armed civilians HAVE INDEED defeated the mightiest military forces in history...sent them home packing, sent them home sapped of the will to fight.

The price may be astronomical, but in the end that is what we've witnessed in real time, unfolding before us an ocean away.
Let us hope to God it never gets that bad over here, because many of us will be long gone and bloody in the ground before it ever reaches that point.

Historically, what gets practiced on the periphery of empires eventually get implemented in the homeland as well. Neoliberalism has been imposing harsh punishment to the poor for awhile now. They’ve also militarized the domestic police force. We now have concentration camps. It looks like we’re moving in a predictable pattern.

Last edited by chunkstyle; 09/25/19 01:45 PM.