I think I have a perspective similar to yours, TC, although I was never on an admiral's staff. I think the one bit you left out is that if you must go to war, prosecute it to the greatest extent possible. None of this gradual increasing of severity. If there's an enemy that must be killed, damnit, get it over with. That's the most humane…
I think I have a perspective similar to yours, TC, although I was never on an admiral's staff. I think the one bit you left out is that if you must go to war, prosecute it to the greatest extent possible. None of this gradual increasing of severity. If there's an enemy that must be killed, damnit, get it over with. That's the most humane way to conduct an inhumane act, and it's also the cheapest in terms of casualties. Oh, and nation building is a bad idea.
I think I have a perspective similar to yours, TC, although I was never on an admiral's staff. I think the one bit you left out is that if you must go to war, prosecute it to the greatest extent possible. None of this gradual increasing of severity. If there's an enemy that must be killed, damnit, get it over with. That's the most humane way to conduct an inhumane act, and it's also the cheapest in terms of casualties. Oh, and nation building is a bad idea.
True all dat.