The World According To Herbie
A Little History
The world was changed by a lie put forth by a President. Not so surprising since most of them have been quite adept at the ability to lie convincingly to Americans, throughout history. The Gulf of Tonkin was a lie by LBJ, possibly one of the most lying of all Presidentsand this lie led to the Vietnam way going full scale.But It was all started by the assassinate President, JFKafter he had on very bad advice, Ngo Diem, the Catholic Prime Minister assassinated which was supposed to heal the Buddhist resentment of the Catholic takeove rafter1954.Then, Johnson and McNamara ran the war from the White House instead of the battlefield and didn't seem to care how many civilians were killed and wounded and driven into the arms of the Vietcongand thus the table was set for what became abortion on demand and the 50 to 60 million babies killed so that women could have sex without responsibility and with George Soro's mulri billions funding the growth of the radical left takeover of the Democratic Party.Meanwhile, Republicans not understanding the culture of America, was changing into a hatred of free market capitalism and hatred of the American ideal .
At that time it was still possible for Reagan to rebuild our military because there were still enough Democrats to vote pro-USA but somehow, that got lost through the Clinton years and then Bush made things a bigger mess because he had no understanding of the scope of Muslim terrorism throughout the world and mistook Saddam's secular Sunni dictatorship for the hegemonic growth of Shia Iran tat felt destined to conquer the world for Islam.Then came Obama. His 8 year mission was to terminate the USA as a world power and he succeeded beyond his dreams leaving Trump with a depleted military, and what just passed was a lifting of the squestration by a level of continuing leftist type spending that guaranteed the USA as a 3rd world country. Make America great again? We'll see.
The world was changed by a lie put forth by a President. Not so surprising since most of them have been quite adept at the ability to lie convincingly to Americans, throughout history. The Gulf of Tonkin was a lie by LBJ, possibly one of the most lying of all Presidentsand this lie led to the Vietnam way going full scale.But It was all started by the assassinate President, JFKafter he had on very bad advice, Ngo Diem, the Catholic Prime Minister assassinated which was supposed to heal the Buddhist resentment of the Catholic takeove rafter1954.Then, Johnson and McNamara ran the war from the White House instead of the battlefield and didn't seem to care how many civilians were killed and wounded and driven into the arms of the Vietcongand thus the table was set for what became abortion on demand and the 50 to 60 million babies killed so that women could have sex without responsibility and with George Soro's mulri billions funding the growth of the radical left takeover of the Democratic Party.Meanwhile, Republicans not understanding the culture of America, was changing into a hatred of free market capitalism and hatred of the American ideal .
At that time it was still possible for Reagan to rebuild our military because there were still enough Democrats to vote pro-USA but somehow, that got lost through the Clinton years and then Bush made things a bigger mess because he had no understanding of the scope of Muslim terrorism throughout the world and mistook Saddam's secular Sunni dictatorship for the hegemonic growth of Shia Iran tat felt destined to conquer the world for Islam.Then came Obama. His 8 year mission was to terminate the USA as a world power and he succeeded beyond his dreams leaving Trump with a depleted military, and what just passed was a lifting of the squestration by a level of continuing leftist type spending that guaranteed the USA as a 3rd world country. Make America great again? We'll see.
I would be very interested in reading your story. if ....... it is not to much trouble and not so personal that you don't want to rehash it.
Warm regards,
DOB
That is exactly my point. In the modern world investing in a country is more profitable invading it.
Plus the regular army's objective may be to make the occupied people do specific things, while the occupied people's objective is just anything to disrupt the aggressor and make them leave. That gives the occupied country an advantage.
China has backed away from another confrontation with India, even though they were victorious in their earlier border tussle. Despite building up an impressive war machine,, China appears to be using it as an elaborate jobs program.
I know, and I'm not imaging relying only on small arms. I know small arms are insufficient, but I think you may underestimate the power of an armed population against a force that wants to invade and control a country.
In my fantasy, there would be some system of coordination and training. It would be something like what the Founders were thinking of with a "well-regulated militia". It would just aim for being less of an institution, less of a portion of the economy funded by taxes, as big as it needs to be, but no bigger.
My hope is the incentive to take over a country is decreasing. The spoils aren't land or gold anymore. Now it's Google, Amazon, and Apple. It's hard to take over and steal them.
We talk about China invading Hawaii, but what about it invading South Korea or Japan? We talk about Russia invading Alaska, but what about it invading Finland? My thought is they don't because NATO and the UN won't allow it. In theory means groups of countries with pacts to defend each other, but in practice it means the US providing most of the security. It's a thankless job. I don't fully understand the history of how it came to be and why it's not a subject for debate. We're supposedly very divided, but everyone agrees we will spend a trillion dollars a year on war-related programs.
Stay well.
Maritimus
Many of the immigrant stories are fascinating and show that luck always plaid a part.
All the best.
Sincerely,
Maritimus
I just sent you the story about my immigration as a private message.
Beef up you patience before you embark on reading it.
All the best.
Sincerely,
Maritimus
I do not feel comfortable writing it here. I will send you the story privately. It is a long story, I need to warn you.
All the best to you.
Sincerely,
Maritimus
I do see the birth of an unpiloted air combat force that, combined with ground based antiaircraft and antimissile batteries could be a dependable element of a militia-manned defense. In theory, the unpiloted interceptors could be minimally guided by ground radar and GPS to their targets, with the actual intercept done autonomously.
A standing naval force, to protect our coasts and ocean commercial activities, is a necessity. Large vessels like aircraft carriers could be mothballed. A submarine fleet of some composition will have to be part of that force.
That would be my approach, probably in tiresome detail in achieving the goals you desire. In reality, I just don't see any scenario where we could go in that direction without inviting existing power brokers to demolish our connections with allies and the broader global commercial market, and possible even invasion. Russian President Putin has frequently "joked" about retaking Alaska, and China is longing to have Hawaii in its grip.
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