Posted on 08/17/2016 6:34:35 AM PDT by ganeemead
Fred Reed on the idea of wanting war with Russia
"Letting dilettantes, grifters, con men, pasty Neocons, bottle-blonde ruins, and corporations decide on war is insane. We have pseudo-masculine dwarves playing with things they do not understand. So far as I am aware, none of these fern-bar Clausewitzes has worn boots, been in a war, seen a war, or faces any chance of being in a war started by themselves. They brought us Iraq, Afghanistan, and Isis, and can’t win wars against goatherds with AKs. They are going to fight…Russia?"
(Excerpt) Read more at fredoneverything.org ...
Is Fred still a resident of Mexico ?
He could be a resident of Mars and his point would still be valid.
Yes, he is. He’s also still obsessed with “neocons” and Israel.
“Letting dilettantes, grifters, con men, pasty Neocons, bottle-blonde ruins, and corporations decide on war is insane. We have pseudo-masculine dwarves playing with things they do not understand. So far as I am aware, none of these fern-bar Clausewitzes has worn boots, been in a war, seen a war, or faces any chance of being in a war started by themselves.”
“Yes, he is. He’s also still obsessed with “neocons”...”
After the PNAC crew egging on the invasion and occupation of Iraq why would anyone find neocons to be a problem?
Oh, wait,...
There is a lot of truth in what he’s saying. The less experience one has with real war, the more probable stupid decisions become. Barack Obama is a sissy. Clinton is a man hater.
Anything that starts or even leans on Von Clausewitz is out the window, nowadays, IMHO. The US has not won a real war since WWII. Just Because was more of a live fire demonstration. In spite of not having won a war in 70 years we really have not paid the price of failing to win in the sense of what failing to win meant to Von Clausewitz. Perhaps invoking the Nuclear Age is the reason but whatever the reason we have three generations of Americans who have no inkling of even the least idea of what the phrase “losing a war” even means. I suppose they fear it may mean paying more for an Iphone, or something.
Read yer Bible. For millennia losing a war meant annihilation and in some pretty ugly ways. I don’t think that most of our enemies suffer under the same delusion. When they say they will not lose a war with us they have the old fashioned definition in mind.
What is even worse, and I doubt it has occurred to any of the effing libtards is that they fail to realize the demographic in this country that DOES understand what it means to win or lose a war is the same demographic that they are currently patiently trying to outlast in their ultimate plan for civilian disarmament. Meaning, the closer they come to brainwashing their snowflake minions into believing in civilian disarmament the closer they come to real annihilation by the first enemy that sees any benefit in destroying them.
Read Fred’s entire article, quite good with some excellent ‘zingers’
Self-reliant? Americans now depend on the hive for almost everything. The faucet leaks? Call the plumber. The car makes funny noises? Go to a mechanic. Someone is sneaking around your house at night? Call a cop. A porch light stops working? Call the electrician. You saw a mouse? Call a psychiatrist. Self-defense? Dear God, no. Too macho.
That certainly is the picture the communists in Big Media and Big Education are trying to paint. And it's not entirely false.
But Fred doesn't paint the whole picture.
Auto parts stores are a booming business. Gun stores and ammunition sales are a booming business in more ways than one. The phenomenon of the Lowes right across the street from the Home Depot extends from large cities to the country. The people buying stuff are ordinary Joes, not just contractors and professionals. The "Americans are all wimpy metro-boys" meme doesn't jive with observable data.
Big Media tells us we're all wimps; Big Education tries to make it so. Real world observation tells us that Big Education isn't having nearly the success that Big Media claims.
If we fight Russia, Islamo-fascists win.
We need to ally with Russia and Israel and India and China to win this long war.
You are correct, he paints the picture for the growing percentage only.
I posit the younger the male, the greater the odds that he is a wimp.
Life teaches them in ways their parents did not. Thus, until they are 25 they are still gonna be wimps, oftentimes with stupid clothing and neck beards. I saw one last week, a full grown male, with a skateboard. Jeez.
I want to hit them in the cross walk.
War with Russia might be inevitable now. Might be wise to get ready for a butt kicking. Worse you ever had. The only chance the Oligarchs have to save their putrid petrodollar is war with Russia. Might start before the next President takes control. The author missed the main point, Obama = Hillary = Oligarch.
I don’t want a war with Russia - I want a partnership with Russia to crush the Jihadis in the ME.
If that restore a bunch of ME countries as clients to the Sov, er, Russians, I’m fine with that.
Russians are better than Moslems.
Thanks for the ping. It is a good article.
Yeah, and he’s also a USMC Vietnam vet.
Ha! I just posted Fred on another thread. He’s fairly accurate.
And entertaining. My favorite Fred line: “I’m sure he died as he would have wanted: Horribly.”
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