Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="FoolishFrost" data-source="post: 9730454" data-attributes="member: 24319">Interesting. The view of this article is about war at its most efficient and final.But that’s not how actual war works.Let’s be clear. Modern war has been transformed by a little thing called “mass communication.” You CAN obliterate a planet from orbit, but what is going to be the response to such tactics?Let me tell you, modern situations are saying, “Not good.”So, just like several wars that have happened in recent years, where the region COULD have been turned into a ‘parking lot’, the countries involved marched in on the ground in order to change ‘hearts and minds.’In other words, war is about politics.Now, could some cultures find such hyper-aggressive methods acceptable? Sure. Every other culture next to them, and a quite a few further away, would turn on them like rabid dogs, but… yeah.Apologies for mentioning politics, but simply, you can’t discuss war without it. War is ALWAYS about political differences. This shapes the doctrines of war far beyond the available technology.Otherwise, we would be using chemical and germ warfare. And nobody wants that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FoolishFrost, post: 9730454, member: 24319"] Interesting. The view of this article is about war at its most efficient and final. But that’s not how actual war works. Let’s be clear. Modern war has been transformed by a little thing called “mass communication.” You CAN obliterate a planet from orbit, but what is going to be the response to such tactics? Let me tell you, modern situations are saying, “Not good.” So, just like several wars that have happened in recent years, where the region COULD have been turned into a ‘parking lot’, the countries involved marched in on the ground in order to change ‘hearts and minds.’ In other words, war is about politics. Now, could some cultures find such hyper-aggressive methods acceptable? Sure. Every other culture next to them, and a quite a few further away, would turn on them like rabid dogs, but… yeah. Apologies for mentioning politics, but simply, you can’t discuss war without it. War is ALWAYS about political differences. This shapes the doctrines of war far beyond the available technology. Otherwise, we would be using chemical and germ warfare. And nobody wants that. [/QUOTE]

Verification