tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post39395452163623725..comments2023-08-11T08:06:28.810-07:00Comments on Slobber And Spittle (Archive): Pearl Harbor DayCujo359http://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-47246966076739680362008-12-07T21:16:00.000-08:002008-12-07T21:16:00.000-08:00I'm sure I'm mostly preaching to the choir, One Fl...I'm sure I'm mostly preaching to the choir, One Fly.<BR/><BR/>That's an interesting read, SP. I remember Edward Luttwak writing some years ago that there wasn't enough strategic thinking going on in our government. On the one hand, I must admit that I'm very uncomfortable with the idea that we would be trying to figure out how to defeat other countries, or make ours pre-eminent through warfare. On the other hand, I think that we need to try to understand other countries well enough that we can either prevent our relationship from becoming adversarial, or to know them well enough if they become our enemies that we don't find ourselves at a disadvantage.<BR/><BR/>One thing that helped cause the war between us and the Japanese was the impression each society had of the other. We thought of them as mean, sneaky little people. They thought of us as oafish and soft. Each impression was tragically wrong. Certainly, the Japanese in particular ignored some of the fundamental problems with their strategy, but at least part of the reason they did was due to thinking themselves somehow innately superior to their adversaries.<BR/><BR/>Whenever I hear of things like Ann Coulter insisting that the cure for the Middle East is to convert everyone there to Christianity, I realize that we really aren't any smarter than the Japanese were.<BR/><BR/>Sun Tzu was right about who wins most of the battles. That goes for wars, too.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-8796184964735309252008-12-07T14:17:00.000-08:002008-12-07T14:17:00.000-08:00Cujo,You might want to take a look at a decade old...Cujo,<BR/><BR/>You might want to take a look at a decade old monograph from the Marine Corps War College titled <A HREF="http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA365639&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf" REL="nofollow">"Capital "W" War"</A> by Dr. Joe Strange.<BR/><BR/>Yep, the Marine Corps has a university and Joe Strange really did teach there!<BR/><BR/>Dr. Strange's strategic and operational analysis of Japan's "strategic imbecility" of Operation HAWAII is something to behold.<BR/><BR/>Too bad we couldn't get some of that same kind of analysis on the principles of Capital W War before we embarked on the "war on terra"!!<BR/><BR/>SPServing Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984393452206039835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-27123388833036248712008-12-07T11:03:00.000-08:002008-12-07T11:03:00.000-08:00Great advice Cujo if only those who need to listen...Great advice Cujo if only those who need to listen would.One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.com