I had the sincere pleasure of reading a post that went on-line last Thursday 2/22/07 this morning. I've been up, down and all-around lately without much time for visiting my regular reads. This is one I missed, but caught up with this morning. A Must Read!!!!
From Benning's Writing Post:
"The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. All influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision."Oh, there's more, MUCH more read and enjoy the rest HERE.........~ Karl von Clausewitz"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." (Latin)There is nothing pretty about War. War is an unalterably ugly thing. It is to be avoided whenever possible. But it cannot be avoided at all cost. Some costs are far too dear to bear. Because nobody comes in second in a War. There is a winner and a loser. And the losers in War are not envied their position.
(Therefore, whoever wishes for peace, let him prepare for war.)
~ Vegetius in "De Re Militari"
Ask the French who lost to Nazi Germany how life was under the Germans. Ask the Germans who lost to the Soviets. Ask the Greeks who were defeated by the Turks. Ask the Native Americans who lost to the United States. Ask the Carthaginians who lost to the Romans. No, wait! You can't ask the Carthaginians. The were annihilated by the Romans and sold into slavery, their cities razed, the ground sown with salt."It is clear that war is not a mere act of policy but a true political instrument, a continuation of political activity by other means"
~ Karl von Clausewitz
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