[Risa]

The article is a challenging read, but definitely worth the effort.

[Bobber58]

false premise

has no precedent in history

anyone who has ever punched out a schoolyard bully
for picking on others, set the precedent...
it's as natural to humanity as breathing....imo

[jocon307]

Made it to 8, it IS a challenging read. Very good, Clauswitz and all. Hegel, Hobbes, the whole sick crew. Bookmarked the link to finish up later. And true, all true, that much I can grasp.

And now, on a lighter note:

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy begger
Who could think you under the table
David Hume
Could out-consume
Wilfred Heidrich Hegel
And Wittgenstein
Was a beery swine
Who was just as schlossed
As Schneigel

There's nothing Neitzche couldn't teach ya
'Bout the raising of the wrist
Socrates himself was permanently pissed

John Stuart Mill
Of his own free will
On half a bottle of champy was particularly ill
Plato they say
Could stick it away
Half a pint of whiskey everyday
Aristotle, Aristotle
Was a bugger for the bottle
Hobbes was fond of his dram
And Renes Descartes
Was a drunken fart
"I drink therefore I am"

Yes Socratese himself is particularly missed
A lovely little thinker
But a bugger when he's pissed!

[Dumb_Ox]

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[angkor]

Our aim is simple. It is to make the Islamic fantasists respect the dictates of reality. If they wish to compete with us, if they wish even to be our enemies, we will accept that, as we accepted this situation with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But they must be made to accept the basic rules of play - rules that are accepted by the rest of mankind, from the U.S. to Communist China.

This is a great article.

The Islamists have had 24 years to develop their fantasies of the Caliphate and the Ummah, and that they can and must destroy the West.

Now we must beat them into submission and the recognition of reality.