yesterday Gates said a phrase I hadn't heard before:

[ensho]

he was on TV saying how upset he was over the leaks, etc.

and how they could upset out security, etc.

at one point he referred to the "American way of war".

whatever that means? requirement of an Empire is to have the biggest, meanest military. that we have.

was Gates referring to military ethics? cause that won't fly.

anyway, hearing him say "American way of war" made me hunch my shoulders.

then this morning I see this article: Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Giving Up On Victory, Not War

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175278/tomgram:_andrew_bacevich,_giving_up_on_victory,_not_war__/

in the article was this:

The End of (Military) History?
The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War
(a book)


so in two days I hear "American way of war" and the "Western Way of War"

its embarrassing

[Curmudgeoness]

1. The "Western way of war" has always been an embarrassment.

It has always been about conquest, power, stripping natural resources, capitalism. Oh, and of course, fighting communism or Islam (or whatever evil they perceive at the moment).

It has never been about security and protection for the country.

[villager]

2. One of the silent unreccers liked Gates' phrase enough to twitchily unrec this post!

How dare you cast aspersions on the fine old institution of war!

[ensho]

3. I dare to prefer peace - down with the budget breaking Pentagon

Empire is a dirty word