The David Kilcullen Collection (merged thread)

[jcustis]

As I just finished watching M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water, I am struck by the sentiment from SWJED's statement:

I am one "knuckle-dragger" that would go to war with Kilcullen.

I think many who have lost some of their brethren in this fight would agree with me that we find hope in Kilcullen's works... It is that hope that is important for us, because it is born from deeds of valiant men and women who are the so called two-thirds who either get it or are trying to get it. This is a matter of life and death for us, and them. Sometimes that allows one a peculiar ability to judge character. Kilcullen's character is that he can write (and most likely speak) concisely in an Al Gray or J. M. Mattis sort of way. He was not part of the apparatus that sent us to war, but because he speaks with a voice of positive hope, he seems to be the "king of the hill" that others are trying to tear down.

If there was an easy button for this long war, we would have hit it long ago.
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P.S. At the end of the day, I suppose none of this will matter, because the course of this fight will be charted by so many others who have never had to walk outside the wire.