I liked that post. I agree that the word “war” trivializes what really happens.

I would say in response that bringing the fight to people causes them to do one of four things: 1) Join the battle on the enemy’s side. 2) Join the battle on “our” side. 3) Run away. 4) Die or become permanently incapacitated.

If enough people do other than number 1, then those fighting against us lose. It seems to me then, that while war may be nasty it does have the effect of causing enough disruption that people finally put a stop to it. That’s called attrition.

There are better ways to deal with the situations that cause wars in the first place and we have talked about many of them on other posts. The War on Terror is troubling and I think will last for decades. A sad commentary on human beings.

Thanks for your thoughts, especially on this new post. I think you described the decentralization issue very well.

Don