"If the United States is serious about conquest
and governing people without their consent --
even for the purpose of introducing Rule of Law
and ordered stability of the Western variety --
we will need two armies: one for winning battles,
the other for occupation, military government,
and nation building. The second army will need
its own promotion paths, and its own doctrines;
its own officer corps, and an entirely different
attitude, being more a constabulary than an army.
Conflicts between the two are inevitable, and
envy between the two are inevitable. The combat
army will have to have its own incentives: not to
attract the warriors, who will drift to it, but
to attract the technicians and logisticians and
intelligence analysts. The Roman solution to this
was to pay Praetorians including their support
troops double what the usual Legions got, and pay
Auxiliaries, who held much of the periphery of
the empire, about half what the Legions got. And
Legion pay was not trivial; and you could work
your way from trooper to Legate with proper
courage, ability, and administrative talents."
Then came the fall of that empire as has happened
to all of them.
How does this happen?
Do the homeboys resist the ever increasing
sacrificing demanded of them by their leaders/priests?
I expect so.
Do the leaders then go elsewhere beating fresh
rubes into submission to pay for their endless plans?
Why not?
Do the leaders then spread themselves so thin
that they lose control attempting to scrub the
planet for their particular brand of socialism?
Are we hard-wired to playing the hamster, running
around in our cage forever?
I think not...once enough of us step outside the
cage but you'll have to make up your own mind.
Think about it.
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