tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post7460480007369506999..comments2024-03-18T08:02:51.154-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Diversity Weakens the United States NavyStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-69921183455664095822021-07-15T08:22:52.687-07:002021-07-15T08:22:52.687-07:00Our Navy is encouraging the Russians and the Chine...Our Navy is encouraging the Russians and the Chinese.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-51179094728579020342021-07-15T06:02:07.133-07:002021-07-15T06:02:07.133-07:00Apparently history will repeat itself, this time a...Apparently history will repeat itself, this time as both tragedy & farce. Should the US lose a major war*, a stab-in-the-back legend would, in fact, be true.<br /><br />* failing to save Taiwan? Poland? Estonia?ErisGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383064735664269791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-67284377318602294922021-07-15T05:58:11.024-07:002021-07-15T05:58:11.024-07:00For the first time in its history, the US armed fo...For the first time in its history, the US armed forces and state department should prepare “Case M: How to Ask For Mercy When Decisively Beaten.”ErisGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383064735664269791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-55434164616076620182021-07-14T19:28:26.598-07:002021-07-14T19:28:26.598-07:00Callmelennie...re Austria-Hungary...Captain Georg ...Callmelennie...re Austria-Hungary...Captain Georg van Trapp, best known as The Captain in the musical The Sound of Music, was in real life an Austrian submarine commander in WWI. <br /><br />On shore leaves, von Trapp heard increasingly frequent stories about corruption, and also saw evidence of the disaffection of some of the nationalities and ethnic groups within the Austro-Hungarian empire. While having some shipyard work done in his submarine, he observed that “the work is actually delayed. It is quite similar to Penelope’s tapestry: mysterious forces impede the construction. The crew is suspicious.” He thought it likely that Czechs working in the shipyard were deliberately slowing the work, noting that “At the American declaration of war, they supposedly really celebrated, but you can’t pin anything on them.”<br /><br />Historian AJP Taylor wrote about the ethnic conflicts which plagued the Austro-Hungarian empire:<br /><br />"The appointment of every school teacher, of every railway porter, of every hospital doctor, of every tax-collector, was a signal for national struggle. Besides, private industry looked to the state for aid from tariffs and subsidies; these, in every country, produce ‘log-rolling,’ and nationalism offered an added lever with which to shift the logs. German industries demanded state aid to preserve their privileged position; Czech industries demanded state aid to redress the inequalities of the past. The first generation of national rivals had been the products of universities and fought for appointment at the highest professional level: their disputes concerned only a few hundred state jobs. The generation which followed them was the result of universal elementary education and fought for the trivial state employment which existed in every village; hence the more popular national conflicts at the turn of the century."<br /><br />Taylor also noted that the ethnic conflicts were exacerbated by the government dominance of economic life. “There were no private schools or hospitals, no independent universities; and the state, in its infinite paternalism, performed a variety of services from veterinary surgery to the inspecting of buildings.” <br /><br />The problem wasn't the existence of the multiple ethnic groups...these groups, and more, existed in the US. The problem was using ethnic identify as the primary basis of individual identity.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-69916713126373041072021-07-14T11:10:45.465-07:002021-07-14T11:10:45.465-07:00In 1914, a combined German and Austro Hungarian fo...In 1914, a combined German and Austro Hungarian force confronted the invading Russians. The total ineffectiveness of the multi national Austro Hung force obliged the German High Command to divert troops from the Western Front. At which point, the non diverse Germans routed the somewhat diverse Russians at the battle of Tannenberg<br /><br />Afterward German commander Ludendorff said of the Austro Hung forces, "We treasure our alliance with Austria Hungary as a paragon of the truth of the statement, "Only in diversity is there true strength."<br /><br />Wait a minute, Im wrong. Actualy Ludendorff said, "We are chained to a corpse."<br /><br />Tune in tomorrow when we learned how a diverse Hungarian-Romanian-Italian force stymied a Red Army counterattack and saved the the day at StalingradCallmelenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098020164660732777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-28147255716768918002021-07-14T08:33:15.144-07:002021-07-14T08:33:15.144-07:00@IamDevo
You bet. No young white man should ever...@IamDevo<br /><br />You bet. No young white man should ever enter the military to defend a nation that loathes him, wishes him dead, and will engage in adventurism abroad to achieve that goal. That goes ditto for law enforcement in any major American city, where he will run the risk of a long prison sentence for doing his job. Let the urban hipsters and ghetto dwellers fend for themselves. 370H55Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-79535985987441153302021-07-14T08:31:53.882-07:002021-07-14T08:31:53.882-07:00I spent 20 years in the AF, 17 in the missile biz,...I spent 20 years in the AF, 17 in the missile biz, and 8 of it underground. I've been out since '87. I have no idea what's going on in the AF. It could be as bad as the Navy. Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-78894482074569773722021-07-14T06:59:23.802-07:002021-07-14T06:59:23.802-07:00There is a certain unpleasant similarity which is ...There is a certain unpleasant similarity which is developing with the Soviet armed forces, especially under Stalin, with a network of political commissars parallel to the actual unit commanders. See my post Pasha is Going to Need to Talk to You:<br /><br />https://ricochet.com/903833/pasha-is-going-to-need-to-talk-to-you/<br />David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-90100763682342902362021-07-14T04:00:46.031-07:002021-07-14T04:00:46.031-07:00At the current rate, the Navy--and all other arms ...At the current rate, the Navy--and all other arms of our defense entities--will diversify themselves out of any white American members. Talk about comedy gold! I can't wait! IamDevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11428556757808878749noreply@blogger.com