Well, I was gonna be done for the day, but then two things happened. One, the powers-that-be are late in getting me my builds so I can get cracking on them nefore tomorrow's installs. And I really don't feel like dealing with test bed issues. And then two, I can across the following article. I think I found a new and fun site to keep up with...The world's finest military launches a highly coordinated shock-and-awe attack that shows enormous initial progress. There's talk of the victorious troops being home for Christmas. But the war unexpectedly drags on. As fighting persists into a third, and then a fourth year, voices are heard calling for negotiations, even "peace without victory." Dismissing such peaceniks and critics as defeatists, a conservative and expansionist regime -- led by a figurehead who often resorts to simplistic slogans and his Machiavellian sidekick who is considered the brains behind the throne -- calls for one last surge to victory. Unbeknownst to the people on the home front, however, this duo has already prepared a seductive and self-exculpatory myth in case the surge fails.
The United States in 2007? No, Wilhelmine Germany in 1917 and 1918, as its military dictators, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and his loyal second, General Erich Ludendorff, pushed Germany toward defeat and revolution in a relentless pursuit of victory in World War I...
Excellent article, well worth the read. Not exactly a reactionist fare, but it does make you wonder what new lows Georgie will sink to... And you can sign up for cool newsletters from the site as well. Some interesting environmental stuff, I'll perhaps blog more on them after receiving a few emails.
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