tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post3988208518360437169..comments2024-03-25T05:23:41.171-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: Sunday Morning Coming Down. Or Going Up. Or Whatever.Bilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-16991984903895706592009-11-02T10:35:23.325-05:002009-11-02T10:35:23.325-05:00I based an entire theory of counterinsurgency on n...I based an entire theory of counterinsurgency on no more than what you have clearly stated (which I learned the hard way), and when I was able to practice it, it never failed.<br /><br />People need stability for the big stuff, such as making sure their children will be alive at the end of each day and have a school to go to, and a square meal to sit (or squat) down to. That's all we have to ensure in Afghanistan in order to win, hands down. General McChrystal understands that. <br /><br />Does Congress?<br /><br />Eminence GriseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-32936336421961802862009-11-02T05:31:18.814-05:002009-11-02T05:31:18.814-05:00Katherine - not at all. It's a stupid compari...Katherine - not at all. It's a stupid comparison. My point is just that people through time always want the same thing...basically, to be able to live their lives.<br /><br />Mike - what we both just said to Katherine.<br /><br />Jean-Luc - unfortunately, yes. BTW, I visited the Star Trek Exhibition in Hollywood last week...you'd have liked it.Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-19103553500047976592009-11-01T13:49:59.649-05:002009-11-01T13:49:59.649-05:00You sound like you've been assimilated.You sound like you've been assimilated.Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-57715727854000906282009-11-01T12:23:30.280-05:002009-11-01T12:23:30.280-05:00(typo fixed)
"that's what we all still w...(typo fixed)<br /><br />"that's what we all still want in the America of 2009"<br /><br />That's pretty much what everybody has always wanted. Except the extreme right wing that wants it all to themselves. Life is a contest to them. <br /><br /><br />"Santayana"<br />I've got a couple of his albums.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-79490679695320345092009-11-01T12:21:40.164-05:002009-11-01T12:21:40.164-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-16019449873129939262009-11-01T07:17:34.671-05:002009-11-01T07:17:34.671-05:00Does this mean you are leaning towards agreeing wi...Does this mean you are leaning towards agreeing with the comparison of Obama to Hitler??KKTSewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300483956686864167noreply@blogger.com