Comments on: The day of the gunboat and a few Marines would never return https://www.isegoria.net/2021/01/the-day-of-the-gunboat-and-a-few-marines-would-never-return/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 14 May 2026 06:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jack https://www.isegoria.net/2021/01/the-day-of-the-gunboat-and-a-few-marines-would-never-return/comment-page-1/#comment-3328265 Jack Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:30:49 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47385#comment-3328265 It’s alive and well in Haiti this century, under the UN Banner.
https://www.dw.com/en/un-ends-peacekeeping-mission-in-haiti-as-protests-continue/a-50849689

]]> By: Adar https://www.isegoria.net/2021/01/the-day-of-the-gunboat-and-a-few-marines-would-never-return/comment-page-1/#comment-3328261 Adar Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:19:13 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47385#comment-3328261 The North Korean army at that exact moment of June 1950 was probably the best light infantry in the world. They were veterans of the Chinese Civil War, and also many had served in the Red Army during WW2.

The American occupation troops in Korea were lining la dolce vita. No match.

American young men too were now expected to participate in and enjoy the general prosperity that existed after WW2.

Now the government expected you to be drafted and go fight in some place you could not find on a map.

Don’t expect miracles.

]]> By: McChuck https://www.isegoria.net/2021/01/the-day-of-the-gunboat-and-a-few-marines-would-never-return/comment-page-1/#comment-3328240 McChuck Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:34:11 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47385#comment-3328240 “The object of warfare is to dominate a portion of the earth, with its peoples, for causes either just or unjust. It is not to destroy the land and people, unless you have gone wholly mad.

Push-button war has its place. There is another kind of conflict — crusade, jihad, holy war, call it what you choose. It has been loosed before, with attendant horror but indecisive results. In the past, there were never means enough to exterminate all the unholy, whether Christian, Moslem, Protestant, Papist, or Communist. If jihad is preached again, undoubtedly the modern age will do much better.”

Bald faced lies. Cleansing the land of the enemy populace is, indeed, one of the more common forms of warfare over history. Normally, the victor kills or enslaves the men and takes the women as their own. Within a generation, the defeated people no longer exist.

https://www.thoughtco.com/timur-or-tamerlane-195675
“The Timurid army captured Moscow in 1395. While Timur was busy in the north, Persia revolted. He responded by leveling entire cities and using the citizens’ skulls to build grisly towers and pyramids.”

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