Be Larry’s essays as they may, four data points, at least, are relevant regarding them:
Larry worked at The Agency.
WaPo is an Agency front.
Lord Austin and Mark Milley embody industrial scale military malpractice.
US Americans chase four delusions:
They are history’s most exceptional nation.
They are history’s most powerful nation.
They are history’s most beneficent nation.
They are, therefore, history’s most entitled nation.
Question: What can I do for you? Answer: Thank you [for self-revealing as a conceited prat], I’ve heard enough.
Question: What are your plans and how can I facilitate or expedite them? Answer: Thank you, you will please do x1, x2, and x3, plus whatever else you see is needful.
Vladimir Putin And Mohammed bin Salman, December 2023 Two Guys Who Care About The Citizens Who Are Their Countries
Principle I
The United States have no authority in the domestic affairs of other nations and expect other nations to reciprocate by not feigning authority in our domestic affairs. The United States have interest in the lines of communication running between The United States and all other nations. We expect ourselves and other nations to bear fairly the burden of keeping those lines open, safe, reliable, fair, and clean for use by all nations.
Principle II
The United States welcome comprehensive strategic partnership for the new era with our brother nations India and Russia, for correlation, coordination, and promulgation, from their perspectives, of the ground of statecraft set forth in Principle I and urge Japan and Egypt to join us for that endeavor and commitment.
Principle III
An order to deploy which lacks or frustrates intent to compel an enemy to sign a declaration of unconditional surrender is an unlawful order by the Rules of Just War, the Conventions of War, Common Sense, and the Spirit of America. An order to deploy conveys this intent to the Commanding Officer: win this war / battle in a timely manner at the lowest possible cost to yourself and your enemy or do not come back alive.
