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Re: Perspective
Reply #15 - Nov 15^th, 2008 at 11:06pm

Mademoiselle wrote on Nov 15^th, 2008 at 6:04pm:

tallowood wrote on Nov 14^th, 2008 at 8:54pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Nov 14^th, 2008 at 7:24pm:

Interesting journo, that Gwynne Dyer. Just listened to an excerpt from "The Mess They Made"... The last lines on why Afghanistan is a lost cause to the west (as evidenced by its long history of victory over invaders) was obvious but poignant... "It doesn't matter what we think we're there for, its what they think we're there for that matters... And they think we're invaders".

It doesn't matter what they think rather it matters what we think about how war should be conducted. If you pull a gun you must use it or don't pull it at all.

It always matters what they think. What doesn't matter because how easily it can become irrelevant is how much we think and plan.

War is about killing the enemy and since dead do not think it does not mater what they think.

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Reply #16 - Nov 16^th, 2008 at 12:01pm

tallowood wrote on Nov 15^th, 2008 at 11:06pm:

Mademoiselle wrote on Nov 15^th, 2008 at 6:04pm:

tallowood wrote on Nov 14^th, 2008 at 8:54pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Nov 14^th, 2008 at 7:24pm:

Interesting journo, that Gwynne Dyer. Just listened to an excerpt from "The Mess They Made"... The last lines on why Afghanistan is a lost cause to the west (as evidenced by its long history of victory over invaders) was obvious but poignant... "It doesn't matter what we think we're there for, its what they think we're there for that matters... And they think we're invaders".

It doesn't matter what they think rather it matters what we think about how war should be conducted. If you pull a gun you must use it or don't pull it at all.

It always matters what they think. What doesn't matter because how easily it can become irrelevant is how much we think and plan.

War is about killing the enemy and since dead do not think it does not mater what they think.

wow, thats pretty warped! War is not about killing the 'enemy'. It's about controlling the enemy, hence, no longer becoming an 'enemy' but a follower

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locutius Gold Member Offline You can't fight in here! It's the War Room Posts: 1817 Queensland Gender:	Re: Perspective Reply #17 - Nov 17^th, 2008 at 10:07am It's about giving the enemy an alternative to being dead. And that you are capable of obliging whatever choice they make.
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oceanz Gold Member Offline Auzgurl.. Posts: 3531 Gender:	Re: Perspective Reply #18 - Nov 17^th, 2008 at 10:09am locutius wrote on Nov 17^th, 2008 at 10:07am: It's about giving the enemy an alternative to being dead. And that you are capable of obliging whatever choice they make. cheeky locutius..
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40780 Gender:	Re: Perspective Reply #19 - Nov 17^th, 2008 at 10:50am War is about winning. Either they die or they surrender.
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Perspective Reply #20 - Nov 17^th, 2008 at 12:08pm "You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it." General William Tecumseh Sherman. September 1864.
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Reply #21 - Nov 17^th, 2008 at 1:54pm

Mademoiselle wrote on Nov 16^th, 2008 at 12:01pm:

tallowood wrote on Nov 15^th, 2008 at 11:06pm:

Mademoiselle wrote on Nov 15^th, 2008 at 6:04pm:

tallowood wrote on Nov 14^th, 2008 at 8:54pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Nov 14^th, 2008 at 7:24pm:

Interesting journo, that Gwynne Dyer. Just listened to an excerpt from "The Mess They Made"... The last lines on why Afghanistan is a lost cause to the west (as evidenced by its long history of victory over invaders) was obvious but poignant... "It doesn't matter what we think we're there for, its what they think we're there for that matters... And they think we're invaders".

It doesn't matter what they think rather it matters what we think about how war should be conducted. If you pull a gun you must use it or don't pull it at all.

It always matters what they think. What doesn't matter because how easily it can become irrelevant is how much we think and plan.

War is about killing the enemy and since dead do not think it does not mater what they think.

wow, thats pretty warped! War is not about killing the 'enemy'. It's about controlling the enemy, hence, no longer becoming an 'enemy' but a follower

Mademoiselle, I think you are confusing a war with a ballroom dances.

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locutius Gold Member Offline You can't fight in here! It's the War Room Posts: 1817 Queensland Gender:	Re: Perspective Reply #22 - Nov 17^th, 2008 at 2:39pm Mademoiselle wrote on Nov 15^th, 2008 at 6:56pm: No. But I am a lady... Your name wouldn't be Matt Lucas or David Walliams by any chance?
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