Posted by Gob at spider-wn041.proxy.aol.com on January 15, 2002 at 20:13:43:
In Reply to: I'm not sure what i just read**NT** posted by jays tubby b*tch on January 15, 2002 at 20:01:13:
: : Who wants to play Global Thermal Nuclear War?
: : WAR! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOUR?!
: : War! AMERICA WANTS EWE!
: : "Because a necassary war is a just war and where there is hope only in arms, those arms are holy." (Niccolo Machiavelli quoting Livy)
: : AMERICANS AND WAR
: : "Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live." Douglas MacArthur
: : "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny."
: : COST OF WAR
: : Necessary wars have been waged killed thousands. Just war have been waged and killed millions. paraphrase; attribution unknown
: : "Now when the army marches abroad, the treasury will be emptied at home." (Li Ch'uan's commentary of Sun Tzu)
: : "There never has been a good war or a bad peace." Benjamin Franklin
: : PROTRACTED WARS
: : "During the early morning spirits are keen, during the day they flag, and in the evening thoughts turn toward home." Sun Tzu
: : "When the army engages is protracted campaigns the resources of the state will not suffice." Sun Tzu
: : "Hence what is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations." Sun Tzu
: : LEADERSHIP AND WAR
: : "The art of war is all that is expected of a ruler..." Niccolo Machiavelli
: : "The first way to lose your state is to neglect the art of war' the first way to win a state is to be skilled in the art of war." Niccolo Machiavelli
: : "For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill."
: : WHAT ABOUT ACME LOONIVERSITY?