[irtheory] War ain't beanbag. Irony is conserved.

Thomas Shaddack shaddack at ns.arachne.cz
Sun Jun 13 13:17:51 PDT 2004


> >Exactly at which point does a war (any war) stop being defensive
> >because according to the history books the US has never fought an
> >aggressive war.
>
> I prefer to think about the McDonald's paradox: No country that has a
> McDonald's has attacked another. :-).

Then either the paradox is dead wrong, or there is something unclear on
the definition of what counts as "attack", as Clinton would say.

> Life is hard. Sometimes, people with guns come and kick your ass. If
> you don't have guns, you can't kick their ass.

You can, but you have to have MUCH more superior strategy, and lots of
luck.

Weapons can mean a lot, but they are far from being everything.





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