American Borg
Special Article ….finally!
My “special article” aka “special report” aka “ranting of a deranged Canuck” is now available under the title “American Borg". “Resistance is not futile”. First mailing already doe.
As always, please let me know if you bought coffee but didn’t get a copy of the article, which comes in DOCX, PDF, and EPUB formats. I will fix that if I have your email address.
Criticisms? I welcome them. Just write comments here to this post on how you agree with my mother that I am a moron. I learn from criticism.
You can still get copies of American Borg by buying us (me, Ichi, Chappy) a coffee. Click here!
The article is about 4600 words. Lotsa picture.
A second article will follow, hopefully next week.
Ritter Stuff
As for my last opepost on Ritter, I stand by my assertion that just having a military background does not guarantee competency in strategic analysis or that every assessment by a military person will be informed or correct.
Two words: Lloyd Austin.
Or. General Christopher Cavoli. Oh, that’s 3 words.
When was the last time you heard a NATO commander say anything half way sane?
The greatest American military / conflict strategist in modern times was John Boyd, a jet jockey much disliked by most of the military, never rising above Colonel. He was self-taught. An autodidact and polymath. Aad he has become America’s Sun Tz.
He said:
“To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That’s when you will have to make a decision. To be or to do? Which way will you go?”
Ritter made his decision long ago — and it cost him. He decided to “do” something
What he did was speak truth to power. He is a honest man — a truthteller — who does his best. .
I may disagree with him. But I respect him — he gets things wrong, as we all do — but also gets a lot of things right. His principles deserve our respect.
One may disagree about strategy. One should disagree about strategy.
But the truth is the truth. NATO was set up with war in mind. And the possibility of nuclear war has always been there. Now, with Finland and Sweden in NATO, strike times from those countries to Moscow are minimal but likewise from Russian border areas to Helsinki and Stockholm. A nuclear accident, however, does not necessarily mean a global apocalypse. For one thing, an “accident” would most likely involve military targets rather than civilian centers— especially with Russia outgunning the West.
This is Ichi with Auntie Moo. Kuma chan was about 7 or 8 kg. Moo— just 2 kg. All rescue cats.
I agree with you about Ritter. He is a bit headstrong at times, but you never have any doubt about what he thinks.
Important opener, Julian. Yes, invite dialogue and criticism. Arrogance and blind ambition is the historical reason for the failures of the dying empire.
I never forgot the brilliant writing by Senator J. William Fulbright "The Arrogance of Power" which inspired me to be a draft dodger at the time of the Vietnam War.