Unfortunately, he is a consultant through and through, which is to say that he says things which are not exactly accurate in the service of the narrative du jour.
For instance:
>I told the president, “Mr. President, when you become president, I won't be with you, unfortunately. But remember, don't send the US armed forces to Salvador, because otherwise some idiot is going to start talking about building the country, you know, nation building.”
As for nation building, American failure to engage in it resulted in spectacular results like MS-13, which it took His Excellency President Nayib Bukele to fix. I think at this point there are more free MS-13 members in the US than in El Salvador.
>This was done after the First World War in Belgium, Denmark, Austria-Hungary, Poland, Germany, and all of the plebiscites were successful, they ended ongoing conflict, and that is the formula for it.
Tremendous successes like Silesia, where the Freikorps fought its war (similar to Azov etc. in the Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts), and which in part led to the German invasion of Poland in 1939, and of course Yugoslavia.
>Yeah, that was “post-heroic war.” I wrote that a long time ago in a series of articles [in Foreign Affairs], drawing attention to the drastic collapse in tolerance of casualties that occurred...“No one in history has fought a war whose soldiers are the single children of their families.”
At this point, Russia (TFR 1.4) and the Ukraine (TFR 1.2) have been banging it out for a decade and are getting close to a million dead and wounded.
The way they got there in the first place was as refugees from the war, and what they found waiting when they got back was what was created as a result of the war.
I don't understand the "Mormons don't speak foreign languages" argument. Isn't it common for Mormons to learn a different language for their missionary work?
Most of them are practically boys when they go abroad, they stand around for a bit handing out fliers, clearly not wanting to be there. Not the stuff a good agent is made of.
Edward Luttwak makes me think that maybe old people aren’t so bad after all. But the characterization of Carter as a pacifist is an exaggeration given the operations against the Soviets in Afghanistan.
I have tremendous respect for Dr. Luttwak, which is why I interviewed him https://postkahanism.substack.com/p/dr-edward-luttwak-postkahanism-podcast
Unfortunately, he is a consultant through and through, which is to say that he says things which are not exactly accurate in the service of the narrative du jour.
For instance:
>I told the president, “Mr. President, when you become president, I won't be with you, unfortunately. But remember, don't send the US armed forces to Salvador, because otherwise some idiot is going to start talking about building the country, you know, nation building.”
It so happens that US SOF were deployed to El Salvador throughout the war and engaged in combat there, with plenty of support from US military intelligence assets, such as SIGINT aircraft. A small part of the story is here: https://www.specialforces78.com/part-one-the-double-nickel-sf-in-el-salvador/
As for nation building, American failure to engage in it resulted in spectacular results like MS-13, which it took His Excellency President Nayib Bukele to fix. I think at this point there are more free MS-13 members in the US than in El Salvador.
>This was done after the First World War in Belgium, Denmark, Austria-Hungary, Poland, Germany, and all of the plebiscites were successful, they ended ongoing conflict, and that is the formula for it.
Tremendous successes like Silesia, where the Freikorps fought its war (similar to Azov etc. in the Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts), and which in part led to the German invasion of Poland in 1939, and of course Yugoslavia.
>Yeah, that was “post-heroic war.” I wrote that a long time ago in a series of articles [in Foreign Affairs], drawing attention to the drastic collapse in tolerance of casualties that occurred...“No one in history has fought a war whose soldiers are the single children of their families.”
At this point, Russia (TFR 1.4) and the Ukraine (TFR 1.2) have been banging it out for a decade and are getting close to a million dead and wounded.
I thought M13 was a result of deporting Salvadoran gangsters from LA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-13
The way they got there in the first place was as refugees from the war, and what they found waiting when they got back was what was created as a result of the war.
The El Salvador comment was, bizarre. Not only did Salvador end up with a terrible government, but the "contractors" and "advice" was a horror show.
https://krebscycle99.net/2014/11/14/counterinsurgency-and-raping-children-a-success/
Curious to hear Luttwak on women. Who has best butt's and stuff. I feelnlike he would really talk alot about that. On game and so on
I don't understand the "Mormons don't speak foreign languages" argument. Isn't it common for Mormons to learn a different language for their missionary work?
Most of them are practically boys when they go abroad, they stand around for a bit handing out fliers, clearly not wanting to be there. Not the stuff a good agent is made of.
Wouldn't Mormons who had been missionaries in foreign countries count as hard to get clearance?
I thought that'd be most Mormons who'd be interested in leaving the country lol
Edward Luttwak makes me think that maybe old people aren’t so bad after all. But the characterization of Carter as a pacifist is an exaggeration given the operations against the Soviets in Afghanistan.
Total Legend
Was hoping he'd ask which interviewer had more sexual power, bronze age pervert or himself