War, something we can be so proud of :roll:

[gerryh]

In the photograph that made Kim Phuc a living symbol of the Vietnam War, her burns aren’t visible – only her agony as she runs wailing toward the camera, her arms flung away from her body, naked because she has ripped off her burning clothes.

More than 40 years later she can hide the scars beneath long sleeves, but a single tear down her otherwise radiant face betrays the pain she has endured since that errant napalm strike in 1972.



‘Napalm girl’ undergoing laser treatments to ease pain, decades later - National | Globalnews.ca

 

[AnnaG]

IMO, anyone that wages war or wants to inflict damage on other people should experience that sort of pain their entire lives.

 

[Blackleaf]

IMO, anyone that wages war or wants to inflict damage on other people should experience that sort of pain their entire lives.

I know. Those bloody Yanks should never have waged war against the British in the late 1700s. The Americans should now be forced to experience pain their entire lives.

 

[Walter]

We will always have war as long as we have politics. As von Clausewitz famously said, "War is the continuation of politics by other means."

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

We will always have war as long as we have politics. As von Clausewitz famously said, "War is the continuation of politics by other means."

Nothing like a misquote to prove your ignorance.

 

[Walter]

Nothing like a misquote to prove your ignorance.

You being a law guy will correct it.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

You being a law guy will correct it.

No, I'm pretty content with you being a retard.

 

[Walter]

No, I'm pretty content with you being a retard.

So, my quotation is correct, thanks.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

So, my quotation is correct, thanks.

Keep telling yourself that.

 

[Walter]

Keep telling yourself that.

It's big of you to own up to your error.

 

[Twila]

ffs,

Here is the quote in its' entirety.

We see, therefore, that war is not merely an act of policy but a true political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, carried on with other means. What remains peculiar to war is simply the peculiar nature of its means. War in general, and the commander in any specific instance, is entitled to require that the trend and designs of policy shall not be inconsistent with these means. That, of course, is no small demand; but however much it may affect political aims in a given case, it will never do more than modify them. The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and means can never be considered in isolation from their purpose.

 

[taxslave]

I know. Those bloody Yanks should never have waged war against the British in the late 1700s. The Americans should now be forced to experience pain their entire lives.

The fact is the briddish army was waging war on the citizens of NA. You really need to find some proper history books instead of your briddish storys.

 

[Danbones]

how about:
"war is a racket"
by Smedley Butler
( the marine corps commander who the bush clan wanted to run an armed coup on washington )

 

[Ludlow]

schmedley is a nice name

if I ever get me a dog I'm gonna name him schmedley

 

[Walter]

ffs,

Here is the quote in its' entirety.

We see, therefore, that war is not merely an act of policy but a true political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, carried on with other means. What remains peculiar to war is simply the peculiar nature of its means. War in general, and the commander in any specific instance, is entitled to require that the trend and designs of policy shall not be inconsistent with these means. That, of course, is no small demand; but however much it may affect political aims in a given case, it will never do more than modify them. The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and means can never be considered in isolation from their purpose.

The original was in German.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The original was in German.

Thank you for admitting you're retarded.

 

[Walter]

Thank you for admitting you're retarded.

Owned again, as always, Chingatchgook.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Owned again, as always, Chingatchgook.

By a misquote and a complete failure to understand, again, retard.

 

[Walter]

I see I have a roomie in yer head. Hey, Boomer, lots o' room in here.

 

[gerryh]

We will always have war as long as we have politics. As von Clausewitz famously said, "War is the continuation of politics by other means."

and what's your point, wally, besides the one on the top of your head? Is that war is a fact of life so we should just live with it?