zenpunditOn the bullshit of "generations of war"
"Zen, I don't think that we need 4GW to highlight the mental and moral levels of war."
We *ought* not to need that kind of highlighting. Nevertheless, we show a determined obtuseness in beginning of virtually every recent military campaign with political tone-deafness in both word and deed. Sometimes, we learn from our mistakes and correct them over time. At other occasions, not so much.
Some of the alleged "Clausewitzians" (as opposed to Clausewitz himself)in uniform, are the worst offenders on this score. COIN by artillery barrages and sweep and destroy patrols did not come from Bill Lind.
- Name
- Larry Dunbar
- Web
- larrydunbar.wordpress.com