I was thinking of the frustration of those out there who understand, who are not fooled by the vaporous channeling of the media, or “leaders,” or “experts.” Who see complication, and deeper truths, not polarized absurd simplistic parochialism.
Sympaticos brothers and sisters, sympaticos.
“The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing”
-Herodotus
“It’s not easy you know…to know too much. Lacrimae mundi, the tears of the world.” Merlin, in “Excalibur”
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Symbol Ick
America on Sunday took down the human symbol of its enemies.
Something lost in its jubilation is respect for the intelligence and abilities of its enemies.
That is a mistake.
This human symbol evaded the concentrated efforts of the supposed superpower for 10 years (actually longer, but at top of the list for the last 10 years certainly). Evaded a superpower with truly impressive electronic, satellite photographic, and other highly advanced spying techniques.
America, your enemies understand your weaknesses far better than you realize. You, in arrogance, dismiss their intelligence and abilities too much. Even if you don’t want to try to understand them and why they feel the way they feel (which will require you to understand yourself), you should at least respect that their planners aren’t backward or illiterate. They are educated, trained (we should know, we trained a lot of them directly or indirectly), and incredibly dedicated. It might help, for our sake, to know why.
Otherwise, “kicking ass” will be meaningless in anything but the short-term.
Something lost in its jubilation is respect for the intelligence and abilities of its enemies.
That is a mistake.
This human symbol evaded the concentrated efforts of the supposed superpower for 10 years (actually longer, but at top of the list for the last 10 years certainly). Evaded a superpower with truly impressive electronic, satellite photographic, and other highly advanced spying techniques.
America, your enemies understand your weaknesses far better than you realize. You, in arrogance, dismiss their intelligence and abilities too much. Even if you don’t want to try to understand them and why they feel the way they feel (which will require you to understand yourself), you should at least respect that their planners aren’t backward or illiterate. They are educated, trained (we should know, we trained a lot of them directly or indirectly), and incredibly dedicated. It might help, for our sake, to know why.
Otherwise, “kicking ass” will be meaningless in anything but the short-term.
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