Re: Tech Changes Battlefield

From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 11:07:45 MDT

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    On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 07:09:22PM -0700, spike66 wrote:

    > massive bombings of WW2. Can we not extrapolate and
    > realize that all traditional warfare is hopeless and
    > stupid? Should not all political conflict take the
    > form of economic struggle, much like the way one large
    > corporation makes war on its competitors? Humanity

    There's a logical gap between the first sentence and the second. If
    traditional warfare is hopeless, then maybe it's time to try untraditional
    warfare. Terror, guerilla warfare, NBC weapons... you know, the stuff that
    allegedly justified the vastly powerful US attacking the wimpy Iraqi military
    with our 30-year delta.

    And it's not like large corporations are a shining model of behavior. They've
    been relatively non-violent this century (vs. the East India Companies) but
    they'll happily step outside of the market and try to use governmental forces
    against each other, or just try to get money from the government.

    -xx- Damien X-)



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