tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8482529556773644217..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Oh Yeah, Thucydides, That Guy. Remember Him?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-6621826588379470232017-06-16T15:42:16.256-07:002017-06-16T15:42:16.256-07:00Thucidydes had some great advice . . . well, reall...Thucidydes had some great advice . . . well, really, he quoted Pericles' great advice, which the people of Athens ignored to their cost (and which Hitler ignored to his cost, and probably plenty of others over the years). Came down to: Pick one fight at a time. Don't get arrogant and think you can handle everyone at once.<br />I think the Americans have been ignoring that one too, and will continue to. And it'll cost them, sooner or later, likely sooner.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81006328262969827612017-06-16T15:39:44.910-07:002017-06-16T15:39:44.910-07:00No, it really isn't. God, I know that the pri...No, it really isn't. God, I know that the private has become uniquely privileged nowadays, but could we get real? A bunch of individual rich Chinese dudes dodging their taxes and laundering their money does NOT constitute expansionist policy by the Chinese state.<br />Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30605992009566297932017-06-13T09:29:42.766-07:002017-06-13T09:29:42.766-07:00"should the Chinese pursue a "lebensraum..."should the Chinese pursue a "lebensraum" policy"...<br />They already doing it.<br />Richmnond, B.C. is just <i>one</i> example.<br />A..non<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29344793124877446692017-06-13T07:19:21.207-07:002017-06-13T07:19:21.207-07:00And, unfortunately, Trump's Secretary of State...And, unfortunately, Trump's Secretary of State is no statesman, either.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-69894822376862954572017-06-12T17:39:13.300-07:002017-06-12T17:39:13.300-07:00Sal, any damned fool with a bent psyche can launch...Sal, any damned fool with a bent psyche can launch a war. It takes a statesman to chart a safer, more productive course. Trump is no statesman. He is devoid of a scholarly nature. He must reduce everything, especially a problem, to a level of simplicity that approaches childishness. He meets adversity with tantrums. Good luck to us all.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-14082577928158217682017-06-12T13:53:34.405-07:002017-06-12T13:53:34.405-07:00.. on the spectrum of fabulists .. Trump is the ab..... on the spectrum of fabulists .. Trump is the absolute bottom.. The fables he blows out his arse are astonishing, constant & undefendable. But he just doesn't care. <br /><br />On the spectrum of absolutism he's hysterically ignorant & up near the top. On the subject of war? He has no idea, other than 'if we have nuclear weapons, why don't we use them?' He sees things in black or white, no gradient or shading in between. Whether the JOS will obey a legal but fatal directive from the Commander in Chief is a deep dark question. We're talking about a completely ignorant dickhead who may schedule a trip to a golf course, while sending troop movements off to war. Does he really have an inkling of how war, strategies, consequences unfold? No. And neither do any of his 'brain trust' - family - or cabinet. They think in terms of jets dogfighting, tanks rolling, guns firing.. & victory eh! Yes they get what Harpoon missiles can do.. but don't realize adversaries like Russia and China also have boomers, aircraft carriers, jamming and advanced interlocking fire control systems. That modern warfare will be conducted from 'over the horizon' is well beyond them.. as is the end result of radioactive barrens & dead ships with dead crews drifting against foreign or American shores<br /><br />China is running out of water & has poisoned their farmland. Its also bursting with an overwhelming population. Talk about expendables, as was the case in Russia, the general population will be abandoned to their own devices. India in much the same boat.<br /><br />Just the other day, an associate told me in those countries, excluding Russia, there are no train schedules to or in/around developed urban centers. Trains arrive every 30 seconds and depart accordingly. That's the 'schedule' since up to 6 million workers flood the cities daily then exit after work!<br /><br />This is the territory of 'The Upside of Down' & the collapse of empires.. the tipping points you often mention, long passed & ancient history. Add war to the equation, even limited tactical nuclear weaponry & its the end of the world as we know it. Disintegration, exodus, famine. Trump, the GOP et al are the perfect ingredients or 'accellerants' to light fuses & fan the resulting flames. Pence may even be worse.. he's such a stooge & dazed or faux evangelical thug. Where on earth do such complete losers think a massive refugee exodus will eventually head long term? To England? No. People with nothing.. need water, space, soil.. that sounds to me like North & South America.. Trump of course will be long gone, could go at any minute.. no no.. not to a country club.. but up there in the sky with an invisible friend.. some sort of benevolent & welcoming god who buys his staggering bullshit.the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com