By the time i finished my usual diatribe (
) the thread has moved along quite a bit, plus quite nicely and in a civil manner i may add. Good work everyone.
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Originally Posted by Oktoberfest
war is usually the massacre of young people that don't know each other for the sake of old people who don't fight and know each other.
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That's a sig-worthy quote
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Originally Posted by SlipBall
I feel your whole post was a bit naive on human behavior. Which also begs the question why you enjoy a war simulating game. America cannot just standby, and wait for another tower to be brought down.  |
I'm not saying they should sit there defenceless. I'm just saying the guys in charge messed up the execution for most of the people involved, regardless of side.
In any case, this was used as an example to compare with previous wars because it's the only high profile war running today on a more or less global scale. As for what's naive or not, the whole "instinctively good" angle is not my deduction. It's actually the conclusion of a research done by a US army officer on the conduct of soldiers during WWII and Korea, which ended up influencing changes in the entire training doctrine of the US army.
It's not the main theme of the thread to dissect this topic however and i would prefer not to dwell on it for fear of derailing the very constructive and on-topic thread we have going here. It's a current day issue and tempers can run hot even when no ill will is present, i'd like to avoid going down that route and ruining it for everybody else who's participating on this thread. Cheers
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Originally Posted by swiss
Indeed, just checked Wiki: Greece spend 2.8% of it's GNI for their armed forces.
But, why?
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Because a few expansionist politicians periodically end up governing a neighboring state or two, plus some painful history lessons that end up forgotten every few years and then the leadership scrambles to plug the holes all over again.
Also, on a humorous note, we lack Switzerland's banks that would make powerful people all over the world very negative to the idea of us ever getting attacked
Again, i'm answering this as it's directly addressed to me but i would prefer to leave it here in order to keep this thread on topic.
I like this self-moderation thing we're exercising here