(11-12-2023, 02:26 PM)Snarl Wrote:(11-11-2023, 10:35 PM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: I don't know any veteran that enjoyed war.
I won't go so far as to say I enjoyed war, but only because there was so much 'suck' to it. If you're with the tip of the spear ... and the spear is razor sharp ... no problemo. Kicking in doors ... to have a nice conversation with the people who don't open them when you come knocking ... definitely ... no bueno. The difference would be: no answer when we knock = we're gonna knock your house flat to the ground. Getting blown up by an IED because ROE makes you take such risks = SUCK.
If you want a war to end, you kill all the military aged males until the opposition throws its arms up in unconditional surrender. You might even burn the cities to the ground that housed and produced the war machines. Then, you govern the ever-loving-shit out of 'em until they've learned their lessons well. Before they erase history, you should go back and make note of the elation the country felt when the Nazis were defeated. For some reason TPTB have decided that's not what the people deserve. And, apparently, they have the power to keep that away from the citizens.
It's TPTB taking this from us. One school? One stupid ass? They wouldn't have garnered any attention unless TPTB wanted it so. They got away with erasing a LOT of the history of the Civil War. Soon they'll change the narrative kids are being taught in school. Point is TPTB didn't get it all at once. This little stain on Veteran's Day? They're just normalizing it.
Only way to stop it is simple: Slaughter the ones who did it. Much ... Much ... Much more important: Slaughter the people who wanna do something about it. Slaughter them, and their families, and their bosses, and the bosses' families ... and then you slaughter everyone who says, "That was a bit of an overreaction. Let's hope that doesn't happen again."
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” -G. Michael Hopf
We're in the end stages of making weak men. I don't have to pose it as a question. Everyone can see it plain as day ... until they ghost the videos that make it clearly evident what's taking place.
Historically, what comes after a failed democracy: A dictator.
The only thing I can say about that is that I am very likely the first one that will be slaughtered.