“…The third reason to stop being a superpower is that Nixon’s specter of the U.S. as a pitiful helpless giant hasn’t decreased since Vietnam but only become worse. Crude terrorism lurking in the shadows of side streets is a match for advanced weapons systems if you are measuring in terms of psychological threat, anxiety, and a creeping sense that the enemy can strike at will. Atomic arsenals, a massive standing army and space-age technology aren’t justified when a single dirty bomb can sneak in under the fence. It’s time to accept what every insurgency expert tells us, that asymmetrical warfare is here to stay and must be fought on a smaller, smarter scale that is closer to neighborhood policing than conventional, World War II-style combat…” Here
Full Metal Cynic
What your mom never told you about life: either the glass is half full of piss or it is half empty of piss.
Please do not feed
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