Comments on: WWII => Bomb Everyone FTW!

By: Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation « The Poor Man Institute

Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation « The Poor Man Institute — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:37:58 +0000

[...] how we need to keep doing something because that’s how we’ve always done it, much like analogizing everything to WWII, is not a sign that you are a deep strategic thinker, it’s a sign that you are a one-note [...]

By: Brave Cowboys of the Junior High Lunch Room » BlueHerald 2.0: News You Can Abuse!

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:04:53 +0000

[...] levels, as well. Brian at Incertus explains some of the problems with the Chamberlain analogy, the Poor Man Institute explores the problems with WWII analogies in general, author Lynne Olson explains how Bush is much [...]

By: centaur

centaur — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:40:32 +0000

and need i also say that a greenish, fecal-looking thing with a mask (a turd burglar??) is most definitely *not* it?

By: centaur

centaur — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:37:53 +0000

need i say what mythical species of gravatar i’m hoping to get?

By: chimera

chimera — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:49:25 +0000

In addition to posting to see what my critteur du gravitaur is, I would like to second the herr doktor and say that the tri-lobed brain's robe is, perhaps, vermilion.

By: ch2

ch2 — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:23:30 +0000

What critter does this lurker get ?

By: Doug T

Doug T — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:44:48 +0000

To expand on the point in post 10 above, a very well respected British military historian (Liddel Hart, IIRC, who was admittedly trying to be iconoloclastic) argued that the British appeasement policy was exactly the correct one, since the British were not ready for war in 1938, and trading non-essential interests for time was right. Their real mistake was in going to war over Poland, rather than staying out of the way and letting Germany and the USSR fight it out.

OT, but he also argued that, for all the grief it’s gotten, the Maginot line was also the best possible strategic approach for France as well. They were facing a superior foe and had a shortage of manpower, so they needed to use fortifications in order to maximize the defensive capability of the troops they did have. But fortifying the entire western border would have left them without any strategic reserve force to respond, so their best bet was to fortify most of the border, which is what they did.

By: lemuel pitkin

lemuel pitkin — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:28:28 +0000

I like, I like….

By: lemuel pitkin

lemuel pitkin — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:27:16 +0000

I have nothing to contribute to this thread (except to reiterate my prior, false belief that “ftw” stand for “fuck the world”.) I’m commenting just to see what kind of critter I get for my picture.

By: Emma Anne

Emma Anne — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:59:17 +0000

And may I point out that my picture is not a strange little creature but a nice aqua yin yang. Ha!