I think the problem is that people got psyoped by Big Illiteracy into thinking more rules = harder to learn, play, and run when that isn’t always true.
“A longsword does d8 plus your strength modifier in damage” is easier to learn, play, and run than “idk sis, u figure it out.”
Oh my point is that every undeclared war (and I would count an AUMF or similar as a common law marriage kind of declaration) is IMO illegal. Without congressional authorization it's not kosher. Just my 2 cents tho
"The appeal to the mystical image of the “warfighter” is that it avoids having to discuss war in concrete terms. It sells the attractive myth that by doing more of the parts of war that look cool and really make you feel like a man, you can actually win wars."
www.deadcarl.com/p/clausewitz...
don't make me tap the sign
i want to draft white papers for 85k a year that nobody reads. this is my real calling
don't forget the moment where he had an affair with a journalist (this is seperate from the alleged rooftop embassy sex)
there isn't one for this!
I mean I'm not a lawyer but without a declaration of war how are they to know that a state of armed conflict exists? I'm not saying they're Hors d'Combat because they were unarmed, just that the lack of a declaration of war makes the whole scheme illegal.
LOAC applies but you're also not usually allowed to shoot at other militaries outside of a war!
Well unrestricted submarine warfare is illegal under San Remo, and while it has not been prosecuted in a declared war, there's no special exemption at play.
you may not care about counterintelligence. or foreign policy. or collective security. but as each of those things goes to shit, the world is going to hell in a handbasket
"Voters don't care about any of that, just focus on [insert kitchen table domestic issues]" may be right, but you do need to find someone who will treat it like an election winner anyway because the alternative is careerists playing with other peoples' lives for attaboys and think tank appointments.
To be fair, that was a declared war! This is just a sparkling armed conflict.
That would be a novel approach, trying to indoctrinate and suborn a military force without actually interacting with it! Typically commisars have had to be present at every level in a military to even try and conduct their ideological mission, and even then were often ineffective and hated!
"No I'm from the International Brotherhood of Giant Prop Constructors, you want Steve, from the Ancient Fraternal Order of Oversized Item Movers and Riggers."
www.youtube.com/shorts/ii6eJ...
Mekhlis was a bloodthirsty moron and when push came to shove he was an abject failure. Successful political officers tend to be natural leaders who can inspire genuine loyalty and ideological persuasion in their subordinates, often by personal sacrifices. This does not describe the typical tech bro.
successful political commissars are not NSFO or Warhammer zealots shooting soldiers. The soldiers will readily turn their guns on said commissar when given the opportunity. They also tend to be incompetent. See Lev Mekhlis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eopt...
I don't understand why you think that some silicon valley dweeb cosplaying as an NSFO would be feared by actual soldiers! They would just get fragged, as happened fairly regularly in WWII (and if you include normal officers who are unliked, Vietnam and the Soviet time in Afghanistan)
I don't think anyone in the army will respect direct commission IT workers! The Army barely respects any officer without a ranger tab!
I'm a big "say what you mean" guy, and that especially applies to defense and security issues, where bowdlerization and buzzwords are so pervasive.
I'm not really a RETVRN guy, the present is better, but we did have more direct names back in the day. Defense Threat Reduction Agency is just goofy vs Defense Nuclear Agency. Same with Global Strike Command vs Strategic Air Command, or Air Combat Command vs Tactical Air Command.
TFW craft unionism strikes again
Tech worker direct commissions if I was in charge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnDe...
RIP the old "DNA contract for random shit" of yore
The tech workers need to be indoctrinated into the army just like everyone else.
If you asked me, they should have to go through the whole officer training pipeline. If the Marines did this they would make them go through TBS, sooooo
Some Prime buisness unit you've never heard of that's the descendant of Ford Aeroneutronics or Bendix or Ling Temco Vought is just waiting to pull out the PLAAF brain exploder 5000
At the primes lmao
