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http://xkcd.com/687/

Same point as the Pirates picture.

Correlation doesn't imply a cause-effect relationship (though often it does point...

I don't disagree on the goal of seeking peace, but rather that the military aim is to disarm.

Is the state of peace simply the absence of conflict? Or does peace come when the involved parties...

Only three? I'm sorry couldn't have been more equitable to everyone.
Seriously though, all meant in good fun- no offense meant.

Napoleon was Corsican. An independent Corsica just prior to his...

Why stop with football?

CENTCOM is 4 under par... but ISAF just shot a boogey...

The war on terror is in the second inning...

I can just imaging Gen. McChrystal running wildly the room,...

Don't forget... Napoleon was Italian.

Maybe this gives credence to one of the points the LTC was trying to make in the originally quoted article (although for different reasons)- due to problems inherent to translation, should we focus...

Ultimately, does it matter whether they surrender, die, are captured, or just go home? Whether its from engagement (political or kinetic), reconciliation, out right bribe (CLCs or MAAWS), information...

Arguments for both sides have a point.

A body count (in the sense of Killed, Captured, Defeated, or otherwise removed from the enemy strength) is the only real quantifiable measure of success.
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I'll go out on a limb and say it doesn't matter who we study, only that we do so-

Whether it is Clauswitz, Jomini, Sun Tzu, or whoever is in style at time, what matters is that professionals tear...