tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post8839779095848803765..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: "A handful of soldiers...Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-392324649124509802011-09-06T12:57:08.877-07:002011-09-06T12:57:08.877-07:00Edstock: Wars won by those starting:
Japanese def...Edstock: Wars won by those starting:<br /><br />Japanese defeat of China, 1894-5<br /><br />Japanese defeat of Russia, 1904-5 <br /><br />Italian defeat of Turkey, 1911-12<br /><br />Soviet victory over Finland, 1939-40<br /><br />Chinese defeat of India, 1962<br /><br />Tanzanian defeat of Uganda, 1978-79<br /><br />Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, 1978-79.<br /><br />Must be a few others.<br />Mark, Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193547132937352127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-29947485641774526812011-09-03T07:20:27.778-07:002011-09-03T07:20:27.778-07:00Jason —
"Never attribute to malice what can ...Jason —<br /><br />"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."<br /><br />Mind you, I don't see why it can't be both.<br /><br />Great observation. With Stevie, we get stereo. Malice and stupidity in one package: how efficient.Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-74873448879109644752011-09-02T20:52:28.333-07:002011-09-02T20:52:28.333-07:00Easy for Steverino to say, he isn't one of the...Easy for Steverino to say, he isn't one of the handful getting sent off to get shot at just because someone in an office in Ottawa couldn't be bothered to think of a better way or thought this was a good way to look like a "strong leader"Rev.Paperboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561796588927776371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-35541987723437545252011-09-02T18:58:32.700-07:002011-09-02T18:58:32.700-07:00Shorter Stephen Fucking Harper, gleefully clapping...Shorter Stephen Fucking Harper, gleefully clapping his bloodstained hands: "I get to play Army! I get to play Army!"<br /><br />How I despise him.ThinkingManNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233707013338083180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-41373366119812767062011-09-02T16:18:18.830-07:002011-09-02T16:18:18.830-07:00Harper and McKay have their moist, little fantasie...<i>Harper and McKay have their moist, little fantasies about being a warrior, but like all spineless weasels would never dream of actually walking the walk.</i><br /><br />This describes them perfectly. McKay was practically moaning as he welcomed back the HMCS Charlottetown in Halifax after their 6-month stint (where they were shot at twice by pro-Ghadafi military). <br /><br />w/v = spnfic (Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-14949383982675637052011-09-02T09:32:20.682-07:002011-09-02T09:32:20.682-07:00Sunsin
That's the thing though, Churchill wore...Sunsin<br />That's the thing though, Churchill wore a uniform and saw what really happens in conflict, first as a soldier then as a war correspondent. <br />26th of January 1899: 'Our victory was disgraced by the inhuman slaughter of the wounded and Lord Kitchener was responsible for this.'<br /><br />Harper and McKay have their moist, little fantasies about being a warrior, but like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-46730244654783872292011-09-02T00:22:42.643-07:002011-09-02T00:22:42.643-07:00"The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal ..."The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command. Then, more than ever, it is the duty of the good citizen not to be silent."<br /><br /> --Charles Eliot NortonKarlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667947814443772679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-19818969523757893392011-09-01T21:35:26.060-07:002011-09-01T21:35:26.060-07:00This should include a link to Morton's Musings...This should include a link to Morton's Musings:<br />http://jmortonmusings.blogspot.com/2011/09/never-attribute-to-malice-what-can-be.html<br /><br />"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."<br /><br />Mind you, I don't see why it can't be both.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651391421488620877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-45962144012960807422011-09-01T19:36:42.163-07:002011-09-01T19:36:42.163-07:00Especially when you consider that every nation tha...Especially when you consider that every nation that started a war since 1870, when the French got spanked by the Prussians after starting that conflict — lost.Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-11083997029359390832011-09-01T18:51:32.771-07:002011-09-01T18:51:32.771-07:00To quote Winston Churchill, who was not most peopl...To quote Winston Churchill, who was not most people's idea of a pacifist, "To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war." Guess it just doesn't give Harpy the same tingle, though.sunsinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443195432340459630noreply@blogger.com