The Ethics of Future Warfare
Re: The Ethics of Future Warfare
by Dylan » Tue May 13, 2014 12:23 pm
Holy shit maybe it was worth it if we brought them The Colonel.
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Re: The Ethics of Future Warfare
by John Galt » Tue May 13, 2014 12:28 pm
the problem is inability to cope with irregular war. in regular war the us wins all the time, with hardly any civilian causalities. they can send a missile flying to center on a mailbox if they wanted to.
to win an insurgency you need to secure and remove all the hostiles from an area and keep it secure to make sure the civilians feel safe with you and not the insurgency. then you need to do that everywhere. it's a problem of numbers, numbers the US doesn't currently have. i think china would have an easier time with such an action than the US would because they have a quantity doctrine. add drones to the equation though, real drones, you know...
and it can be accomplished by the US
to win an insurgency you need to secure and remove all the hostiles from an area and keep it secure to make sure the civilians feel safe with you and not the insurgency. then you need to do that everywhere. it's a problem of numbers, numbers the US doesn't currently have. i think china would have an easier time with such an action than the US would because they have a quantity doctrine. add drones to the equation though, real drones, you know...
and it can be accomplished by the US
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Re: The Ethics of Future Warfare
by John Galt » Tue May 13, 2014 12:29 pm
i read that as "lamb kebabs and fire roasted crap"
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Re: The Ethics of Future Warfare
by Philly » Tue May 13, 2014 12:38 pm
Notice how Indy always wants to cross examine everyone else but refuses to ever answer even a simple question when it's presented to him.
go ahead. keep screaming "Shut The f**k Up " at me. it only makes my opinions Worse
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Re: The Ethics of Future Warfare
by The Comrade » Tue May 13, 2014 2:24 pm
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Re: The Ethics of Future Warfare
by Indy » Tue May 13, 2014 2:34 pm
LOL. So you're playing naked semantical games. Yeah, I guess it depends upon what your definition of "is" is.
Nice ad hom. Again. I'm hurt. Really.
Nice ad hom. Again. I'm hurt. Really.
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